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 Enfield]
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TABLE 52
OPHTHALMIC CLINICS
Total attendances | 5,567 |
New cases | 663 |
Number of individual children seen | 2,847 |
Number of children who were prescribed glasses | 1,115 |
TABLE 53
ORTHOPTIC CLINICS
Total attendances | 1,427 | |
New cases | 117 | |
Number of individual children treated | 458 | |
Number discharged: | ||
Satisfactory with operation | 4 | |
Satisfactory without operation | 32 | |
Cosmetic — Binocular vision improved | 9 | |
Binocular vision not improved | 11 | |
Treatment discontinued: | — | 56 |
Left school | 2 | |
Left district | 13 | |
Refused treatment | 4 | |
Failed to attend | 16 | 35 |
TABLE 54
ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC
Attendances at Orthopaedic Surgeon's Clinic | 171 |
Attendances at Physiotherapy | 2,001 |
Total attendances | 2,172 |
Number of new cases seen by Orthopaedic Surgeon | 69 |
Number of children who received physiotherapy at clinic | 32 |
Number who had breathing exercises | 61 |
Number who had Ultra Violet Light for skin conditions | 16 |
Number who had Ultra Violet Light for other conditions | 41 |
Number who attended swimming classes | 42 |