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Richmond upon Thames 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond upon Thames]
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During the year, numerous mature students, seconded to Courses at the Institute
of Education, the Maria Grey Training College and St. Mary's College have attended
here weekly. We hope that they benefited from their work here. In addition, we
would mention that it has been of some help to us to know that the children concerned
were provided with remedial help in the Clinic setting when they would otherwise have
remained as a name on the Clinic waiting lists.
Table XVI.
| Number of cases known to have been treated. | |
|---|---|
| Pupils treated at Child Guidance Clinks | 343 |
ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC.
Mr. R. H. Maudsley, F.R.C.S., Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon reports: —
Mr. Michael Colwill, F.R.C.S., Senior Orthopaedic Registrar, has been visiting at
Hampton Wick regularly during 1965, where 382 children were seen at the Orthopaedic
Clinic, many of them on more than one occasion. Of these, 90 were new cases
and the remainder follow-ups. The majority of these children had minor conditions,
such as mild flat feet, knock knees and intoeing gaits. There were a few more serious
problems which might have been better referred directly to a hospital with X-ray
facilities, etc.
Table XVII.
| Number of cases known to have been treated. | |
|---|---|
| (a) Pupils treated at clinics or out-patient departments | 538 |
| (b) Pupils treated at school for postural defects | — |
| 538 | |