London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Acton 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Eye Disease.
(External and other, but excluding errors of refraction,
squint and cases admitted to hospital) 273
Ear Defects.
(Treatment for serious diseases of the ear (e.g.,, operative
treatment in hospital) should not be recorded
here but in the body of the School Medical
Officer's Annual Report) 111
Miscellaneous.
(e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.) 1493
Total 2293
(b) Total number of attendances at Authority's Minor
Ailments Clinics 5646
Group II—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Eye Disease treated
as Minor Ailments—Group I).
No. of defects
dealt with.
Errors of Refraction (including squint) (Operations for
squint should be recorded separately in the body of
the School Medical Officer's Report) 408
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those
recorded in Group I) -
Total 408
No. of Pupils for whom spectacles were (a) Prescribed 312
(b) Obtained 205
Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
Total number
treated.
Received operative treatment—
(a) for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis 68
(b) for other nose and throat conditions
Received other forms of treatment 174
Total 242
Group IV.—Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.
(a) No. treated as in-patients in hospital or hospital
schools —
(b) No. treated otherwise, e.g., in clinics or outpatient
departments 20