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Total number of examinations by Surgeon 352
Total number of cases discharged by Surgeon 21
Average number of examinations made per session 27.1
Number of attendances for orthopaedic & massage treatment. 1015
Average number of attendances per sessions 5.2
Number of sessions held - Inspection 13
Treatment 196
Total number of visits by instrument maker 25
Number of children known to be evacuated 108
Defects seen at Orthopaedic Clinic in Children under 5 years of age
Anterior Poliomyelitis 1
Rickets-
(a) Genu Varum 22
(b) Genu Valgum 18
Pes Piano Valgus 14
Spastic Paralysis 3
Talipes 11
Torticollis 4
Congenital dislocation of Hip 2
Congenital defects 3
Miscellaneous 2
(v) Brookfield Orthopaedic Hospital:- This hospital has been
closed since the outbreak of war.
(vi) Mental Deficiency. Ascertainment Ascertainment has
proceeded along the lines detailed in previous years.
Certification. The school medical officer and two of the
assistant school medical officers are recognised by the Board of
Education as certifying officers.
A summary of the work done under this heading during the
year is given below:-
Not Mentally Defective, or Dull and Backward 6
Mentally Deficient. 4
(vii) Child Guidance. No cases were referred during 1940.
(viii) Speech Therapy. The speech therapy clinic has been
discontinued since the outbreak of war.
Convalescent Home Treatment. 48 children were sent away for
treatment during 1940. There were 23 children remaining in
convalescent homes and hospital schools on December 31st 1940.
The conditions for which children were sent included the
following - Debility 14, Heart 5, Rheumatism 2, Malnutrition 1,
Bronchitis 4, Asthma 1, Anaemia 3, Nervousness 4, Chorea 3, after
infectious illness 1, Various 10.
A total of 10 children were sent to convalescent homes or
heart homes from the rheumatism clinic. The average length of stay
in all homes has been 19 weeks.
14. FULL-TIME COURSES OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR
BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE & EPILEPTIC STUDENTS.
The Authority for the provision of such courses is the
Essex County Council.
15. NURSERY SCHOOL
This school has been evacuated since the outbreak of war.
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