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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SCHOOL HEALTH
(46) Ear, nose and throat clinic | ||
Total attendances | 217 | |
New cases | 113 | |
Individual children seen | 166 | |
Received treatment at E.N.T. clinic | 28 | |
Referred to hospital for tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy | 57 | |
Referred to hospital for other treatment | 22 | |
Referred for X-ray | 11 | |
(47) Ophthalmic clinics | ||
Total attendances | 3,922 | |
New cases | 677 | |
Individual children seen | 2,507 | |
Children prescribed glasses | 921 | |
(48) Orthoptic clinics | ||
Total attendances | 1,709 | |
New cases | 128 | |
Individual children treated | 453 | |
Discharged: | ||
Orthoptically satisfactory with operation | 3 | |
Orthoptically satisfactory without operation | 77 | 80 |
Discharged not orthoptically satisfactory but: | ||
1. intermittent binocular single vision | 8 | |
2. appearance satisfactory: | ||
(a) with improved visual acuity | 12 | |
(b) without improved visual acuity | — | |
3. treatment not completed: | ||
(a) Left district | 16 | |
(b) Failed to attend | 10 | |
(c) Referred elsewhere | 2 | 48 |
Appointments made and not kept | 541 | |
(49) Orthopaedic clinic | ||
Total attendances at Orthopaedic Surgeon's Clinic | 44 | |
New cases seen by Orthopaedic Surgeon | 29 | |
Cases discharged | 26 |