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88
Percentage of notified live births represented
by number of children under 1 year of
age who attended the Centres for the
first time (i.e., new cases)
1938 83.8
Percentage of total notified births represented
by number of expectant mothers attending
Ante-Natal Clinics
1938 59.6
Nursery School and Classes.— Apart from the children at the
Nursery School, 566 children born in 1934-35 (i.e., under 5 years
of age) were on the school registers on 31st December. 1938.
TREATMENT.
(a) Orthopaedic.—The facilities provided by the Education
Authority's Orthopaedic Scheme are available for all children attending
the Welfare Centres.
Miss Garratt has kindly furnished the following information
with respect to children under five years of age:—
Defects Seen at Orthopedic Clinic in Children under Five
Years of Age.
Anterior Poliomyelitis 5 Congenital Defects 12
Scoliosis 1 Spina Bifida 1
Rickets—
(a) Genu Varum 61 Tibial and Flexion Deformity Toes 2
(b) Genu Valgum 49 Amyotonia 1
Pes Piano Valgu 36 Miscellaneous 12
Spastic Paralysis 4
Talipes 12 Total 207
Torticollis 11
Admissions to Brookfield Orthopedic Hospital (under Five
Years of Age).
Anterior Poliomyeliti 3 Congenital Talipes Calcaneo Valgus 1
Rickets 1
Congenital Talipes Equino Varus 1 Congenital Dislocation Hip 2
Total 8
Five operations were performed.