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 Hornsey, Borough of]
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Number of cases known to have been treated | |
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GROUP 1—EYE DISEASES (e.g., Blepharitis, conjunctivitis), DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT. | |
(a) External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint | 84 |
(b) Errors of refraction (including squint) | 977 |
TOTAL | 1,061 |
(c) Number of cases for whom spectacles were prescribed | 430 |
GROUP 2—DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE AND THROAT | |
Received operative treatment for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis | 172 |
Received other forms of treatment | 168 |
TOTAL | 340 |
Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids: (a) During the current year | 1 |
(b) In previous years | *9 |
GROUP 3—ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS Treated at clinics or out-patient departments | 293 |
GROUP 4—DISEASES OF THE SKIN (EXCLUDING UN-CLEANLINESS) | |
Impetigo | 5 |
Other skin diseases | 445 |
TOTAL | 450 |
GROUP 5—CHILD GUIDANCE TREATMENT | |
Treated at child guidance clinics (including cases sent to the Tavistock and other hospital clinics) | 59 |
GROUP 6—SPEECH THERAPY Treated by speech therapists | 147 |
GROUP 7—OTHER TREATMENT GIVEN | |
(a) Minor Ailments | 226 |
(b) Treatment other than (a) above and excluding convalescent treatment | 55 |
*Includes 4 children found during I958 to have been previously provided with Hearing
Aids.
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