[Report 1957] / School Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.

  • Cumberland (England). County Council.
Date:
1957
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    Poliomyelitis Knock knees and bow legs Cerebral palsy Other birth injuries Torticollis Spina bitida Pseudocoxalgia Perthes disease and coxa vara Congenital dislocation of the hip Congenital defects (including talipes and pes cavus) Hallux valgus and deformed toes Other postural defects of feet Postural defects otherwise Scoliosis, lordosis and kyphosis Achondroplasia Muscular distrophy Schlatter’s disease Osteomyelitis Arthritis, synovitis, rheumatism Slipped epiphysis Other conditions 51 308 51 11 5 8 4 13 28 111 27 78 99 16 2 3 3 1 4 2 35 1,228 Speech Therapy The Speech Therapists, Miss Stevenson and Mrs. Moss, submit the following '’'■•‘Miss Chapman resigned in March, and Miss Sentember this year. During the interim period clinics were held m Carlisle by Wks Latimer Apart from this period, clinics have been held as usual in Carlisle. MarvDort Wilton Aspatria, Penrith, Keswick, Workington, Whitehaven, Egremon , MillL a’nd Cleator Moor, Following poor attendance at Whitehaven of pmients living in the Mirehouse tong rahiS'^.^n EgreLni :;‘i,r-b“;d'mo'r: tir to this clinic, l^e have included the num- bei of children awaiting treatment at the end of the year, m this year s report. The effect of this waiting list means that some cases have to wait up to a year beforfftey are seen but it is hoped that this period wiU be shortened once we have caught up with the backlog. u i u Attendance at the clinics fluctuates, but it is found that, when a school has been vUited by one of the speech therapists for any reason, the attendance of