[Report 1958] / School Health Service, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
- Newcastle upon Tyne (England). School Health Service.
- Date:
- 1958
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1958] / School Health Service, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Statistics for the Year 1958 School Maternity and Medical Child Welfare Service Service 1. Attendances New Patients— Boys 477) 944 118] 218 — Girls 467] 100 ■ Total Attendances at Surgeons’ Clinics 2,637 659 Children on whom the surgeons opinion was requested, but who failed to attend 82 9 Waiting List 25 13 2. Discharges 721 136 Admissions to Sanderson Orthopaedic Hospital 65 13 3. Physiotherapy Total number of attendances at Physiotherapy clinics 16,790 3,259 Special therapies given for orthopaedic conditions :— Swedish Remedial Exercises 9,835 1,040 Massage 464 370 Manipulations 2,611 1,308 Medical Electricity 6,179 696 Radiant Heat 15 8 Manipulations in Patient’s Homes (Congenital foot Deformities) — visits — 28 Special therapy was also given to children with the following non- orthopaedic conditions : Chest Conditions Asthma ) Bronchitis > Patients 56 — Bronchiectasis ) Treatments 4,115 — Non-Orthopaedic Ultra Violet Light Alopaecia ) Patients 6 — Debility > Attendances 69 — Asthma ) Treatments 77 —i 4. Other Information Number of Children requiring X-ray examination 99 20 Number of children photographed 18 2 Number of children supplied with plaster splints 1 —*](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29905412_0027.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
