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New cases seen by Surgeon:-
School age 63
Under school age 67
Total 130
Total number of examinations by Surgeon 383
Total number of cases discharged by Surgeon 37
Average number of examinations made per session 38.3
Number of attendances for orthopaedic & massage treatment 2436
Average number of attendances per session 5.5
Number of sessions held - Inspection 10
Treatment 439
Total number of visits by instrument maker 14
Number of children known to be evacuated 99
Defects seen at Orthopaedic Clinic in Children under 5 years of age
Anterior Poliomyelitis 2
Rickets - (a) Genu Vargum 43
(b) Genu Valgum 43
Pes Piano Valgus 31
Spastic Paralysis 3
Talipes 14
Torticollis 7
Congenital dislocation of Hip 1
Congenital defects 10
Miscellaneous 10
Arthritis 1
Oilier's disease 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 8
Mentally Deficient 9
Feeble Minded 1
Imbecile 3
Border line cases 2
(vii) Child Guidance - 3 cases were referred during 1941.
(viii) Speech Therapy - Miss I.M.S.Knight, Speech Therapist reports
as follows
"Re-organisation of the speech therapy classes commenced just
previous to Easter 1941, and shortly after Easter classes were
started, but it was not until September 1941 that each Centre
became properly organised. The list of Centres is as follows -
St. Mary's R.C., Hale End Open Air School, Thorpe Hall Infants,
Queen's Road Infants, Markhouse Road, Maynard Road, Roger Ascham,
Chapel End, Higham Hill and Handsworth Avenue Schools and William
Morris Deaf Centre.
At each Centre the children from the nearest schools are
expected to attend. This method is working well and I have found
the close contact with Head Teachers and Teachers most helpful and
the attendance of the children is certainly better.
Classes with the present method in progress must of necessity
be of shorter duration and each child can only be seen once each
week instead of twice, as it was before the war. The parents
co-operate well after reassurance that a child recommended for
17.