[Report 1936] / School Medical Officer of Health, Norfolk County Council.

  • Norfolk (England). County Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / School Medical Officer of Health, Norfolk County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (vi.) Services of Orthopaedic Nurses. The Nurses paid 1735 visits to children of school age, either at the patients’ homes or at the schools. A total of 3072 visits was made to all patients coining under the Scheme. (vii.) Cases on Register. At the end of the year there were 769 Education cases on the current register : — Flat feet and valgus ankles Claw feet Hammer toes Hallux valgus Knock knees ... Bow legs Congenital deformities : — Hip Feet Hand Toes Others Spastic paralysis. Infantile paralysis Muscular dystrophy and atrophy Erb’s paralysis Spinal deformities Round shoulders ... Hip diseases (not congenital) Wry neck Chest deformities Spina bifida ... Osteomyelitis Amputations ... Old injuries ... Miscellaneous 177 17 4 5 143 23 20 53 1 12 3 32 59 9 5 70 20 11 34 9 3 10 6 10 33 769 449 of the 769 cases have been examined at least once by the Orthopaedic Surgeon and 189 have received institutional treatment under the Scheme. The^ cases not seen by the Surgeon are those with minor defects, who are being treated by the Nurses in accordance with his general instructions. The numbers on the register at the end of the previous years aie as follows : — 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 514 495 449 417 386 324 273