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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
Lambeth 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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SCHOOL MEDICAL TREATMENT
Hospital and Specialist Clinics
Vision Centres:-
Vision sessions 327
Number of new cases 922
Total attendances 4,695
Errors of refraction and squint 2,716
Other eye defects 41
Spectacles ordered 1,161
Orthoptic sessions 7
Number of new cases 1
Total attendances 28
Ear, Nose and Throat Centres
Sessions
Number of new cases
Total attendances
LOCAL AUTHORITY CLINICS
Audiology Centres
Sessions 38
Number of new cases 163
Total attendances 217
Special investigation clinics
Sessions 154
Number of new cases 185
Total attendances 1,158
Minor ailment centres
Sessions
Medical Officer 81
Nursing Sister 457
Number of new cases seen by Medical Officer 513
Average per session 6.3
Number of new cases seen by nursing sister only 1,258
Average per session 2.8
Total attendances 10,037