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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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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 squint | 44 |
| (b) Errors of refraction (including squint) | 842 |
| (c) Number of cases for whom spectacles were prescribed | 418 |
| GROUP 2 - DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE AND THROAT | |
| Received operative treatment for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis | 263 |
| Received other forms of treatment | 165 |
| Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids: | |
| (a) During the current year | 9 |
| (b) In previous years | 67 |
| GROUP 3 - ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS | |
| Treated at clinics or out-patient departments | 349 |
| GROUP 4 - DISEASES OF THE SKIN (EXCLUDING UN-CLEANLINESS) | |
| Impetigo & Scabies | 14 |
| Other skin diseases | 619 |
| GROUP 5 - CHILD GUIDANCE TREATMENT | |
| Treated at child guidance clinics (including cases sent to the Tavistock and other hospital clinics) | 67 |
| GROUP 6 - SPEECH THERAPY | |
| Treated by speech therapists | 78 |
| GROUP 7 - OTHER TREATMENT GIVEN | |
| (a) Minor Ailments | 117 |
| (b) Treatment other than (a) above and excluding convalescent treatment | 37 |