Physical disability in children and the fight against it

The author defines the number of crippled children in one RSFSR as half a million people. This figure should not seem exaggerated. Let's remember the big statistics of different countries, which establish 1 case of clubfoot and 1 hip dislocation for every thousand newborns. Consequently, the Union, with its 170 million inhabitants, should have about 700,000 carriers of these two forms of congenital mutilations alone. However, this does not include rickets, static, traumatic and other orthopaedic deformities. Taken together, they will give at least as many more cripples as possible. Therefore, the book's subject matter and the author's aim is to provide concise, publicly available and at the same time scientifically sound guidance on how to fight against cripples - it deserves the widest possible attention not only from specialists, but also from the entire Soviet public.