London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Southwark 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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TABLE 34

SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE - Clinic attendances

Vision Clinics.
Sessions387
Total attendances3,830
Number of new cases833
Errors of refraction or squint3,285
Other eye defects13
Spectacles ordered1,325
Audiology Clinics
Sessions81
Total attendances844
Number of new cases325
Special Investigation Clinics
Sessions395
Total attendances2,056
Number of new cases244
Minor Ailments
Sessions — Medical Officer
Nursing Sister1,689½
Total attendances11,597
Number of new cases seen by Medical officer
Number of new cases seen by nursing sister2,208
Number of new cases per 1,000 school population44
Cases treated
Athletes foot, verrucae, skin diseases, eye and ear defects, bruises, lacerations etc2,208