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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 1958

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

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Table: TREATMENT OF PUPILS ATTENDING MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS (including Nursery and Special Schools)

TREATMENT OF PUPILS ATTENDING MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS (including Nursery and Special Schools)

Number of cases known to have been treated
GROUP 1—EYE DISEASES (e.g., Blepharitis, conjunctivitis), DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT.
(a) External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint84
(b) Errors of refraction (including squint)977
TOTAL1,061
(c) Number of cases for whom spectacles were prescribed430
GROUP 2—DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
Received operative treatment for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis172
Received other forms of treatment168
TOTAL340
Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids: (a) During the current year1
(b) In previous years*9
GROUP 3—ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS Treated at clinics or out-patient departments293
GROUP 4—DISEASES OF THE SKIN (EXCLUDING UN-CLEANLINESS)
Impetigo5
Other skin diseases445
TOTAL450
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 therapists147
GROUP 7—OTHER TREATMENT GIVEN
(a) Minor Ailments226
(b) Treatment other than (a) above and excluding convalescent treatment55

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*Includes 4 children found during I958 to have been previously provided with Hearing
Aids.
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