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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Brentford and Chiswick 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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68
Strand Infants'
15. Girl aged 6 years Infantile Paralysis.
Orthopaedic Clinic: This Clinic is held at Portsdown
House, Brentford, on Monday and Thursday afternoons. A
Specialist from the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
attends on the second Thursday in each month and a trained
Masseuse from the same Hospital attends all sessions of this
Clinic.
During 1933, 67 school children made 576 attendances and
63 children from the Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics made
241 attendances.
In addition to the above there were 202 attendances by
children for breathing exercises.
The following tabulated statement indicates the work that is being carried out at this clinic:—
| Deformity or Disease. | School Children. | m. & C. Welfare Children. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attended during year. | Discharged . | Attended during year. | Discharged. | |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | - | |
| Kyphosis (round shoulders) | 7 | 3 | - | - |
| Kypho-lordosis | 4 | - | - | - |
| Flat chest | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Funnel chest | 1 | - | — | - |
| Pigeon chest | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Congenital dislocation of hip | - | - | 2 | - |
| Knock knee and bow legs | 3 | 1 | 23 | 5 |
| Bow legs | 1 | - | 46 | 25 |
| Adhesions in knee joint | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Various types of Talipes | 5 | 2 | 5 | - |
| Flat foot | 8 | 4 | - | - |
| Deformities of toes | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Infantile Paralysis | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| Spastic paraplegia | — | — | 2 | — |
| Hip | 1 | - | - | - |
| Knee | 1 | - | - | - |