Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE SHOWING THE CASES TREATED AT THE ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC DURING THE YEAR.
Deformity or Disease. | School Children. | M. & C. Welfare Children. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Attended during year. | Discharged. | Attended during year. | Discharged | |
Torticollis | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Scoliosis (lateral curvature) | 2 | - | - | - |
Kyphosis (round shoulders) | 18 | 5 | - | - |
Kypho-lordosis | 2 | - | - | - |
Flat chest | 5 | 2 | - | - |
Pigeon chest | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
Funnel chest | 1 | - | - | - |
Congenital dislocation of hip | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
Knock knee | 6 | 3 | 19 | 6 |
Bow legs | 1 | - | 3 | 15 |
Various types of Talipes | 6 | 2 | 4 | - |
Flat foot | 16 | 10 | 7 | 4 |
Hallus Valgus | 1 | - | - | - |
Hammer toes | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Other foot deformities | 11 | 7 | 1 | - |
Infantile Paralysis | 2* | - | - | - |
Spastic Paralysis | 2 | - | 5 | 1 |
Post Diphtheritic | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Paresis Finger | 1 | 1 | - | - |
General Atonia | - | - | 1 | - |
4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
Hip | - | - | 1 | - |
Knee | 1 | 1 | - | - |
* Plus 5 of the talipes cases. |
Seven children were sent to Stanmore for in-patient
treatment, as follows:—
School Children: One for scoliosis, one for adhesions in
wrist joint, one for hallux rigidus and one for deformity of toes.
Children from the Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics:
Two for bow legs and one for tuberculosis of hip joint.