[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Pontypridd U.D.C.

  • Pontypridd (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Pontypridd U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ihe above 23 new eases were diagnosed and treatment advised as follows :— Dislocation ot wrist (right) observation 1 Torticollis, massage and collar 3 Flat foot, corrected boots 2 Flat foot, observation 3 Knock-knee, K.K. irons 1 Knock-knee, corrected boots 7 Talipes, corrected boots I Torticollis (slight) observation 2 Bow legs, hospital for osteoclasis 1 Bow legs (slight) observation and C.L.0 1 Nil orthopaedic ] 23 Twelve children attended the out-patient clinic of the Prince of Wales’ Hospital, Cardiff, as emergency cases and the diagnosis with treatment recommended was as follows :— Bow legs, corrected boots 1 Bow legs, admission to hospital (osteoclasis) 1 Spastic paraplegia, admission to hospital (Stoettle’s) ...... 1 Knock knee, observation and C.L.0 1 Talipes, corrected boots, O.R.H. cuboid wedge 1 ,, admission to hospital later for manipulation ... I „ massage and strapping 1 Metatarsus varus, plaster 1 Wasting right leg, observation 1 Torticollis, observation 1 Erb’s birth palsy, massage and Grecian lady splint I Old fracture left arm, exercises, Grecian lady splint, admission to hospital later 1 12 ARTIFICIAL LIGHT CLINIC. This clinic continued to function as in previous years. Eleven children were treated for various ailments, with a total of 443 attendances. All derived benefit and gained in weight.