Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT.
Number of cases dealt with | ||
---|---|---|
By the Authority | Otherwise | |
External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint | 148 | _ |
Errors of refraction (including squint) * | 352 | 12 |
TOTAL | 500 | 12 |
Number of pupils for whom spectacles were | ||
(a) Prescribed * | 257 | 16 |
(b) Obtained ** | 280 | 14 |
* Including cases dealt with under arrangements with the Supplementary
Ophthalmic Services.
** This includes cases for whom spectacles were prescribed in 1949
but not obtained until 1950.
TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE AND THROAT.
Number of cases treated | ||
---|---|---|
By the Authority | Otherwise | |
Received operative treatment : | ||
(a) for diseases of the ear | — | — |
(b) for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis | — | 109 |
(c) for other nose and throat conditions | — | — |
Received other forms of treatment | 1 | |
TOTAL | 292 | 110 |
ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS.
By the Authority | Otherwise | |
---|---|---|
(a) Number treated as in-patients in | ||
hospital | 3 | 1 |
(b) Number treated otherwise | 45 | — |
CHILD GUIDANCE TREATMENT AND SPEECH THERAPY.
Number of pupils treated | ||
---|---|---|
By the Authority | Otherwise | |
(1) Child Guidance | 9 | 4 |
(2) Speech Therapy | 87 | 1 |