[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) County Borough.
- Newport (Wales). County Council.
- Date:
- 1948
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Three medical sessions are held weekly ait the Maternity and Child Welfare Clinic. The Orthpsedic Surgeon, Mr. Parker, Prince of Wales Hospital, Cardiff, attends periodically at the Clinic to see new cases and to supervise the after-care of old cases. Special cases are also seen by him at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Cardiff, where all necessary X-ray examinations are made. Operative and conservative treatment is carried out at thei Prince of Wales Hospital, Cardiff, and at Crossways Convalescent Home. The shortage of beds in those hospitals has resulted in a very lengthy waiting- list for operation, and therefore a great delay in admission of cases for treatment. Six sessions weekly are devoted to the treatment of patients by massage and remedial exercises. All appliances and special boots are manufacttired at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Cardiff. Artificial limbs are supplied by thei Ministr.y of Pensions. During the year Mr. Parker held 4 sessions at the Clinic in Newport. Patients AnjiiTTED into the Pkince of Wales Hospital Children under scliool age, 20 (of these 3 were day cases). Schoolchildren, 5. Classification of New Cases Mafemity and Child Welfare Caseft Schoolch ildrcn Calcaneo Valgus 179 Anterior Poliomyelitis 1 Flat Feet ... 40 Chlcaneo Valgnis ... . ... 81 Talipes—Equino Yarns Torticollis I’G Pes Cavus ... 4 31 Flat Feet ..... ... 134 Genu Valgum 21 iSiiinal CurAmture ... 51 Bow Legs 8 Genu Valgum ... 25 Metatarsus Varus ... 15 Apophysitis H eels Talipes ... 3 Anterior Poliomyelitis 1 ... 5 Erl) Duchenne Paralysis 1 Metatarsus Varus .... 5 Congenital Dislocation of Hip 4 Perthe’s Disease 2 Postural Deformities k; Erb Duchenne Paralysis ... T Hammer Toes 9 Torticollis ■ ... ... 3 Coxa. Vara ] Schlatter’s Disease ... ... 3 Congenital Malformations ... 7 , Hammer Toes ... 11 Nothing aibnonnal found 20 Spastic Synoviti.s—Knee 2 1 Ankle 1 Hallux Higidus 2 Other conditions ... 12 Nothing abnormal found 22 363 369](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28866897_0023.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
