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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

Acton 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Table: (b) Other treatment.

(b) Other treatment.

Number of pupils treated
By the AuthorityOtherwise
Miscellaneous minor ailment652—

Table: DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT.

DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT.

External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint106_
Errors of refraction (including squint) ....241140
TOTAL347140
Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed .... ...,204140

Table: DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE AND THROAT.

DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE AND THROAT.

Received operative treatment :
(a) for diseases of the ear——
(b) for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis—82
(c) for other nose and throat conditions——
Received other forms of treatment51—
TOTAL5182

Table: ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS.

ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS.

Number of Pupils known to have been treated at Clinics or at out-patients de-departments-10

Table: SPEECH THERAPY.

SPEECH THERAPY.

Speech Therapy125—