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Naevi 4, Skin diseases 2, Hernia 1, Hydrocele 1, Bladder 1,
Teeth and Heart 1, Cleft Palate 1, Malnutrition 1, Vomiting 1,
Pyloric Stenosis 1, Anaemia 1, Foreign body in nose 1.
Three mothers were also sent to Hospital for the following
conditions:—
Chronic Leucorrhoea 1, Haemorrhage 1, Mental 1.
The Hospitals recommended were: West Middlesex
County Hospital, West London, Victoria Hospital for Children
Chelsea, Great Ormond Street, St. George's, Vincent Square,
and Richmond Hospitals.
ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC.
Seventy children were referred from the Maternity and
Child Welfare Clinics for treatment during the year and made
1,068 attendances.
The conditions found in the children were as follows :—
(1) Congenital Defects :
Metatarsal varus, pes arcuatus 1
Irregular toes, congenital pes. pl. valvus, etc. 1
(2) Birth Injuries :
Torticollis 2
(3) Rickety Deformities :
Bow tibiae 10
Knock knees 1
Bowlegs—intoeing 5
(4) Non-Rickety Deformities
O. C. T. 13
Knock knees 10
(5) Flat feet 3
(6) Infantile Paralysis 1
(7) Other conditions including postural intoeing 4
(8)N.A. D. 1
(9) No diagnosis 1
Two children were admitted to Stanmore, one for Talipes
and the other for osteoclasis for knock-knee.
artificial SUNLIGHT CLINIC.
This Clinic, established in the Brentford Health Centre,
was opened in July and during the rest of the year 106 children
were treated.