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 Walthamstow]
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TABLE III
Errors of Refraction (including squint). | Other defects or diseases of the eyes. | Number of children for whom spectacles were : | |
---|---|---|---|
Prescribed. | Obtained. | ||
358 | 131 | 535 | 535 |
Received Operative Treatment. | Received Other Forms of Treatment. | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
181 | 648 | 729 | |
Group IV.—Orthopaedic and Postural Defects. | |||
(a) No. treated as in-patients in 'hospitals or hospital schools | 21 | ||
(b) No treated otherwise | 450 | ||
Group V.—Child guidance Treatment and Speech Therapy. | |||
(a) No. treated under OhiId Guidance arrangements | 175 | ||
(b) No. treated under Speech Therapy arrangements | 126 |
TABLE IV
DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT
(1) Number of children inspected by the Dentist— | ||
(a) Routine Age Groups | 2,198 | |
(b) Specials | 679 | |
(c) Total (Routine and Special) | 2,877 | |
(2) | Number found to require treatment | 1,919 |
(3) | Number actually treated | 4,587 |
Attendances made by pupils for treatment | 10,949 | |
(5) | Half days devoted to— | |
Inspection | 17 | |
Treatment | 1,578 | |
Total | 1,595 | |
(6) | ||
Permanent teeth | 3,266 | |
Temporary teeth | 1,139 | |
Total | 4,405 |