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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
Tottenham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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TABULATED DIAGNOSES OF NEW CASES DEALT WITH
DURING 1937.
| (1) Congenital Defects— | |
| Metatarsal varus | 2 |
| Pes arcuatus | 1 |
| Irregular toes | 4 |
| Congenital flat foot | 2 |
| Spastic paralysis | 1 |
| Congenital kypho-scoliosis | 1 |
| Congenital equino valgus | 1 |
| Pes cavus | 1 |
| Spastic monoplegia | 1 |
| Congenital synostosis | 1 |
| Other conditions | 5 |
| (2) Birth Injuries— | |
| Torticollis | 1 |
| Other Conditions | 1 |
| (3) Rickety Deformities— | |
| Bow legs | 3 |
| Other conditions | 3 |
| (4) Knock knees | 5 |
| (5) Postural defects of the spine | 62 |
| (6) Structural curvature of spine | 6 |
| (7) Foot strain | 5 |
| (8) Pes cavus | 1 |
| (9) Hallux valgus | 3 |
| 10) Flat foot | 10 |
| (11) Infantile paralysis | 9 |
| (12) Sequelae of acute fevers— | |
| Post Diphtheritic weakness | 1 |
| (13) Fractures | 1 |
| (141 Other bone diseases— | |
| Apophysitis of the os calcis | 2 |
| (15) Other conditions, including postural intoeing. | 10 |
| (16) Non-orthopaedic | 8 |
| Total | 151 |
| Number of individual cases dealt with in 1937 | 293 |
| Total number of attendances for treatment | 4,919 |