[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary / Public Health Inspector, Peterborough City.
- Peterborough (England). City Council. nr 94004832.
- Date:
- 1937
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary / Public Health Inspector, Peterborough City. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![B.3.(V). ORTHOPAEDIC TREATMENT FOR CHILDREN OF PRE-SCHOOL AGE. (i). In-Patient Treatment :— The under noted infants or pre-school age received in-patient treatment at the hands of the orthopaedic staff of Manfield Orthopaedic Hospital, Northam¬ pton, on the responsibility of Peterborough Borough Child Welfare Committee, for the periods and deforming conditions noted in the subjoined respective columns :— Sex of Child. Age (years and months) on admission to Hospital. Kind of Deformity. Duration during 1937 of in-patient treatment. M. 4 ] ‘J. Congenital dis¬ location of hip 44 Vv'eeks 5 days Additional to 3 days in 1936 child still in Hospital. F. O j .2, Club Feet 3 weeks M. 2 Club Foot 2 days Additional to 2 weeks 5 days in 1936. ii. Out-Patient supervision :— This part of orthopaedic work for local cases is undertaken as a clinic in the out-patient department of the Peterborough Memorial (General) Hospital where the Orthopaedic Surgeon Manfield Hospital, Northampton, consults once monthly, and other staff of Manfield Hospital hold after-care and follow-up clinic weekly between the Surgeon’s visits. 5 Infants of pre-school age were recipients of either first instance treatment or after-care following discharge from orthopaedic hospital.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29987556_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
