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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

Hornsey 1954

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

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Table: TABLE 17EYE DISEASES, DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT

TABLE 17

EYE DISEASES, DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT

Number of cases dealt with
by the AuthorityOtherwise
External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint93215
Errors of Refraction (including squint)979
TOTAL931,194
Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed612*

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* Including cases dealt with under arrangements with the Supplementary
Ophthalmic Services.
Glasses are supplied direct to patients by National Health Service Opticians.

Table: TABLE 18—DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE AND THROAT

TABLE 18—DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE AND THROAT

Number of cases treated
by the AuthorityOtherwise
Received operative treatment for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis6
Received other forms of treatment31180
TOTAL31186
TABLE 19—ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS
(a) Number treated as in-patients in hospitals1
(6) Treated in clinics or out-patients departmentsby the AuthorityOtherwise
8440
TABLE 20—CHILD GUIDANCE AND SPEECH THERAPY
No. of pupils treated:Child GuidanceSpeech Therapy
(i) By the Authority.115
(ii) Otherwise32