Rickets

Scope and Contents "IQ 78, was a pilferer, a brat. Rabbit-trapping is all he is fit for. Father, a farm worker, encourages the family to be smart and forward. Mother, OK, 40+, parental control is bad. Clean house, decent people. Nurse confirms he is a bad walker - rachitic?"
Relatives in survey: Siblings: 3.39

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculous dactylitis; and mild degree of rickets. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Case summary, photographs and reports relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1927. Conditions mentioned include: diarrhoea and vomiting, coeliac disease, rickets. No family history of tuberculosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians first examined in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; and rickets. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, note and correspondence relating to male coal minerfromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: rickets; gross lumbar lordosis; hypertonus of face; spondylolisthesis; and congenital coxa vara. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: convulsive seizures; knock-knee; muscular flaxidity; and a mild degree of rickets. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 1 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: coxa vara; curvature of the legs; and acute rickets. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, report, chart and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: deformity of dorsal spine; lumbar backache; childhood rickets; and neck pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.