[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Cardiff County Borough & Port.

  • Cardiff (Wales). County Borough Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Cardiff County Borough & Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ‘ New Cases.—The new cases (excluding children referred to the clinic but found on examination to have no abnormality) attending for the first time during the year are classified in the following table :— Children under School Age Children of School Age Grand Totals Slight Moderate Severe Totals Slight Moderate Severe Totals Poliomyelitis ... 1 1 9 5 14 15 Spastic Paralysis 1 1 1 3 1 1 4 Birth Palsy 1 1 2 1 3 4 Congenital Malformations ... 6 2 4 12 6 3 1 10 22 Trauma 2 2 5 4 9 11 Rickets 7 3 10 2 1 3 13 Tuberculosis—Non-active ... 1 1 2 1 3 4 Scoliosis 2 2 4 4 Tibial Curves 7 7 7 Defective Posture 107 14 5 126 126 Flat Feet 3 1 4 21 1 3 25 29 Others 12 3 1 16 31 5 36 52 Totals 40 10 7 57 187 34 13 234 291 “ Of the 57 children under school age, 51 will probably be fit to attend ordinary schools, three will probably require to be educated in a special day school, and three, although difficult to classify as to future educability, will probably never be fit to attend even a special day or residential school. Of the 234 children of school age, all except two, who are quite unfit for any school, are fit to attend ordinary schools. “ The cases of infantile paralysis seen were all old cases who had not previously attended the clinic, and it is interesting to note that at the end of four years of the orthopaedic scheme 14 new cases should be found who had not been reported to the clinic before. The other new cases correspond very much to those for 1928, except that separate classification of mouth-breathing and round-shoulder cases has been omitted. The former attended very badly when referred for treatment, and the latter are so bound up with postural defects that there is no need for them to be differentiated. “ The number of new cases of children under school age shows a decided drop —from 107 in 1928 to 57 in 1929. The decline has occurred principally in cases of rickets, congenital malformation and ‘ ethers.’ Cases of rickets have no doubt been referred direct to the artificial light clinic, only those considered suitable for treatment by massage having been sent to the orthopaedic clinic. Congenital malformations in children under school age have dropped from 20 in 1928 to 12 in 1929, but reference to previous reports shows that the numbers of new cases vary from year to year. “ Cases Discharged.—The following table shows the number of children dis- charged during 1929 and the reasons for their discharge :— Children under School Age Children of School Age Totals Cured 23 34 57 Improved 7 20 27 Unlikely to benefit further 3 4 7 Left the district 2 5 7 Died 1 2 3 Over age 17 17 Other reasons ... 14 71 85 203