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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 1967
[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 289
Number of new cases 611
Total attendances 4,178
Errors of refraction and squint 1,666
Other eye defects 58
Spectacles ordered 1,140
Orthoptic sessions 21
Number of new cases 4
Total attendances 58
Ear, Nose and Throat Centres:-
Sessions —
Number of new cases —
Total attendances —
LOCAL AUTHORITY CLINICS
Audiology centres:—
Sessions 36
Number of new cases 139
Total attendances 234
Special investigation clinics:-
Sessions 164
Number of new cases 228
Total attendances 1,158
Minor ailment centres:Sessions:
Medical officer 58
Nursing sister 509
Number of new cases seen by medical officer 479
Average per session 8.3
Number of new cases seen by nursing sister only 1,285
Average per session 2.5
Total attendances , 11,654
Defects treated:-
Athlete's foot 162
Verrucae 948
Ringworm: body 2
Impetigo 97