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 Tottenham]
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Number of Cases dealt with | ||
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by the Authority | Otherwise | |
External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint | 459 | 228 |
Errors of Refraction (including squint) | 558 | 1550 |
Total | 1017 | 1778 |
Number of pupils for whom spectacles were (a) Prescribed | 288 * | 807 * |
(b) Obtained | 268 Ø | 458 Ø |
* Including cases dealt with under arrangements with the Supplementary
Ophthalmic Services
Ø Known to be incomplete as glasses supplied direct to patients by
National Health Service Opticians
TABLE 18 - Diseases and Defects of Ear, Nose and Throat
Number of Cases treated | |||
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by the Authority | Otherwise | ||
Received operative treatment (a) for diseases of the ear | - | - | |
(b) for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis | - | 99 | |
(c) for other nose and throat conditions Received other forms of treatment | 990 | 470 | |
Total | 990 | 569 |
(a) Number treated as inpatients in hospital | 9 | ||||||
(b) Number treated | by the Authority 553 | Otherwise 863 | |||||
(c) Council Orthopaedic Clinics | |||||||
Clinics | No of new cases | No of cases receiving treatment | Total Attendances | ||||
2 | 1332 | 1900 | 7092 |