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 Ilford]
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OPHTHALMIC CLINICS.- Attendances of children under school age for treatment by the Ophthalmologists during 1959 were as follows:-
Valentines Clinic | Mayesbrook Clinic | Manford Way Clinic | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of children who attended | 48 | 43 | 13 | 104 |
Number of pairs of spectacles prescribed | 18 | 20 | 4 | 42 |
Total number of attendances made | 83 | 79 | 25 | 187 |
EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CLINIC.- The E.N.T.
Surgeon attended at 45 sessions during 1959. 42 attendances
were made by 28 children of pre-school age. 4 children
were operated upon for removal of tonsils and adenoids at
King George Hospital, Ilford, and 3 at the Chadwell Heath
Hospital.
ARTIFICIAL SUNLIGHT CLINIC.- The following table summarises the attendances of children under 5 years:-
Clinic | Sessions | New Cases | Old Cases | Attendances | Discharged | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cured | Much Improved | Left District etc. | |||||
Newbury Hall | 45 | 1 | 11 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Mayesbrook | 47 | - | 8 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Totals | 92 | 1 | 19 | 57 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
The conditions treated were as follows:-
Conditions | Cases | |
---|---|---|
A | B | |
Anaemia, Debility, Malnutrition and Catarrh | 5 | 5 |
Bronchitis | 4 | 1 |
Chilblains | - | 2 |
Other conditions | 3 | - |
Totals | 12 | 8 |
A.- Newbury Hall. B.- Mayesbrook.