[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough.

  • Bournemouth (England). County Borough Council. nb2004301338.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ORTHOPAEDICS Up till the 1st September, 1952, the Specialist Orthopaedic Service for school children was carried out by the surgeons at the Orthopaedic Out-patient Department of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Shelley Road. As from the 1st of September, 1952, the Service was taken over by the surgeons of the Uord Mayor Treloar Orthopaedic Hospital, Alton. These surgeons come to rSournemouth for two regular sessions each month, but should the need arise they are able to come more frequently. In this way no i vaiting list is allowed to accumulate and prompt specialist attention js given to any child referred. The consultant sessions are held in our own clinic at 70, Stewart ^.^oad. This new arrangement is working most satisfactorily. Details of attendances for the past year are as follows :— L'Tumber of scholars seen by the surgeons ... 358 (171) 1).'lumber of new cases ... (Figures in brackets refer to 1951). 176 (100) Defects found. iTenu Valgum/Genu Varum and other knee defects 81 Gpastic conditions 6 j due to Anterior Poliomyelitis 19 i^pinal Curvature and Poor Posture 33 1 dsteomyelitis ... 2 I Congenital dislocation of the hip 7 Deformities of the foot 164 [Dther conditions 40 1 Defects not requiring treatment 6 1 A full-time physiotherapist attends the surgeons' [and beyond this, holds classes for remedial exercises. sessions She also ^ives electrical and ultra violet light treatment. [j 22 children were received as in-patients at the Uord Mayor !Treloar Orthopaedic Hospital and 29 at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Boscombe. I j ULTRA VIOLET RAY CLINIC ! This clinic has again been available throughout the year for :i children considered in need of such treatment. There is no doubt that in certain conditions of general debility particularly following some severe illness a course of Ultra Violet Tight can act as a most ■ useful tonic.