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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TREATMENT OF PUPILS ATTENDING MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS (including Nursery and Special Schools)
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 | 94 |
(b) Errors of refraction (including squint) | 1656 |
(c) Number of cases for whom spectacles were prescribed | 897 |
GROUP 2 - DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE AND THROAT | |
Received operative treatment for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis | 138 |
Received other forms of treatment | 463 |
Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids: | |
(a) During the current year | 10 |
(b) In previous years | 42 |
GROUP 3 - ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS | |
Treated at clinics or out-patient departments | 890 |
GROUP 4 - DISEASES OF THE SKIN (EXCLUDING UN-CLEANLINESS) | |
Impetigo & Ringworm of body | 15 |
Other skin diseases | 804 |
GROUP 5 - CHILD GUIDANCE TREATMENT | |
Treated at child guidance clinics (including cases sent to the Tavistock and other hospital clinics) | 137 |
GROUP 6 - SPEECH THERAPY | |
Treated by speech therapists | 247 |
GROUP 7 - OTHER TREATMENT GIVEN | |
(a) Minor Ailments | 352 |
(b) Treatment other than (a) above and excluding convalescent treatment | 156 |