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 Acton]
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EYE DISEASE, DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT.
Number of cases dealt with | ||
---|---|---|
By the Authority | Otherwise | |
External and other, excluding errors of refrection and squint | 56 | _ |
Errors of refraction (including squint) | 77 | 461 |
TOTAL | 132 | 461 |
DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE AND THROAT.
Number of cases treated | ||
---|---|---|
By the Authority | Otherwise | |
Received operative treatment: | ||
(a) for diseases of the ear | — | — |
(b) for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis | — | 73 |
(c) for other nose and throat conditions | — | — |
Received other forms of treatment | 107 | — |
TOTAL | 107 | 73 |
ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS.
Number of pupils treated | ||
---|---|---|
By the Authority | Otherwise | |
Number of Pupils known to have been treated at Clinics or at out-patients departments | — | 24 |
SPEECH THERAPY. | ||
Number of pupils treated | ||
By the Authority | Otherwise | |
Speech Therapy | 125 | — |
Number of pupils for whom spectacles were
prescribed — 362