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MASSAGE.
Cases are referred for Massage directly from the
Medical Officers of the Clinics, by outside hospitals
in cases where it is easier for the mother to attend
the Welfare Centre than the hospital, or by the
Orthopaedic Surgeons at the Queen's Hospital in connection
with the Borough Council's Orthopaedic
scheme.
RECORDS:—
Cases carried forward from 1935 23
New cases treated in 1936 150
Subsequent attendances 1,739
Total treatments 1,889
Discharged, treatment completed 157
Carried forward to 1937 16
Analysis of Cases :—
Children :
Rickets 17
Curved Tibiæ 23
Genu Valgum (knock knee) 9
,, Varum (bow legs) 9
Pes Planus (flat foot) 13
Talipes 1
Pigeon Toes 3
Torticollis 13
Chest deformity 5
Amyotonia 36
Erb's Paralysis 1
Anterior Poliomyelitis 2
Pseudo hypertrophic muscular dystrophy 1
Delayed development (general) 16
Kyphosis 2
Constipation 19
Mothers :—
Failing Breast Milk 2
Amyotonia after confinement 1
CONVALESCENT TREATMENT.
During the year 12 mothers were sent to the
London Mothers' Convalescent Home, Sunningdale,
Berkshire, 9 mothers to the "George Whitlaw"
Convalescent Cottage, Amerden, near Taplow, and
one to the Mayfield Convalescent Home in Sussex.