[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent] page 64

Brent 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]

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TREATMENT OF PUPILS ATTENDING MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
(Including Nursery and Special Schools)

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Table A. Eye Diseases, Defective Vision and Squint

	Number of cases known to have been dealt with
External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint	80
Errors of refraction (including squint)	1,740
Total	1,820
Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed	638
Table B. Diseases and Defects of Ear, Nose and Throat
	Number of cases known to have been dealt with
Received operative treatment:
(a) for diseases of the ear	1
(b) for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis	42
(c) for other nose and throat conditions	2
Received other forms of treatment	25
Total	70
Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids:
(a) in 1971	9
(b) in previous years	40
Table C. Orthopaedic and Postural Defects
	Number known to have been treated
(a) Pupils treated at clinics or out-patients departments	590
(b) Pupils treated at school for postural defects	—
Total	590

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Table D. Diseases of the Skin

	Number of pupils known to have been treated
Ringworm (a) Scalp	-
(b) Body	-
Scabies	64
Impetigo	1
Other skin diseases	—
Total	65