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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Bromley 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Table: TABLE IV.Group I.—Eye Diseases, Defective Vision and Squint.

TABLE IV.

Group I.—Eye Diseases, Defective Vision and Squint.

Number of cases known to have been dealt with:
By the Authority.Otherwise.
External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint398No information
Errors of refraction (including squint)1,558available.
Total1,956—
Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed856

Table: Group II.—Diseases and Defects of Ear, Nose and Throat.

Group II.—Diseases and Defects of Ear, Nose and Throat.

Number of cases known to have been treated:
By the Authority.Otherwise.
Received operative treatment:
(a) for diseases of the ear—1
(b) for adenoids and chronictonsillitis_234
(c) for other nose and throat conditions–_
Received other forms of treatment.327
Total32242
Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids:
(a) in 1956——
(b) in previous years—6

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Group III.—Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.
By the Authority. Otherwise.
Number of pupils known to have been
treated at clinics or out-patient New 108
departments Re-insp. 258 8 operations