[Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Warwickshire County Council.

  • Warwickshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1928
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Credit: [Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Warwickshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A — School Age.” B — under School Age.” No. of cases treated and No. of cases remaining in discharged during 1928. Hospital on 31-12-28. Total. Total- Hospital. A B A B Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Manfield, Northampton Warwickshire Ortho- 4 5 2 __ 11 3 6 — 1 10 paedic, Coleshill . 8 4 1 — 13 1 3 3 1 8 Woodlands, Birmingham Hospital of St. Cross, 3 2 1 — 6 — — 1 — 1 Rugby . 4 1 1 4 10 1 1 — 1 3 19 12 5 4 40 5 10 4 3 22 Total . 62 117. During the year the Ascertainment Register” has been kept posted up-to-date and at the close of the year the number of non-tuberculous cripple children in the County (apart from those already under treatment) was 93—of school age 87, under school age 6. In my Report for 1927 the total stood at 231 (197 of school age and 34 under school age). 118. The analysis of the defects found in the cases remaining on the Ascertainment Register on the 31st December, 1928, is as follows :— School Age. Under School Age. Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. Paralysis. Infantile . 16 8 24 — — — Spastic . 1 2 3 1 — 1 Pseudo Hypertrophic Muscular Dystrophy . . 1 — 1 — — — Congenital Deformities. Dislocation of Hip 4 3 7 — — — Talipes (Club Foot) . 2 1 3 1 — 1 Torticollis . 1 2 3 •— — — Spina Bifida . — 2 2 — — — Other Deformities. Claw Foot . . 1 — 1 - - — Flat Foot . 1 5 6 1 — 1 Scoliosis . 3 3 6 - - — Kyphosis . 2 — 2 1 — 1 Absence of Forearm, Digits, Shortening of Leg, etc., etc. 12 7 19 1 — l Rickets. Genu Valgum (Knock Knee) 1 3 4 1 — 1 Generalised . 4 1 5 — — — Inflammations. Osteomyelitis . — 1 1 - - — 49 38 87 6 Grand Total . 6 93 119. The analysis of cases treated during 1928 in Hospital and at the Clinics according, to causation is as follows :—