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Acton 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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66
Eye Disease and Vision.
No. of old cases notified before 1915 80
No. of old cases for re-examination 240
Notified this Year 264
Total 584
No. whose parents refused treatment 8
No. who have left school 26
No. treated by School Oculist 412
No. whose parents promised to obtain private or Hospital
treatment 46
No. still under treatment 68
No. now awaiting treatment 10
Prescriptions granted, now awaiting spectacles 14
No. of Children seen by the School Oculist 522
,, ,, cases awaiting or under treatment 92
,, ,, visits paid by children to School Oculist 1,120
,, ,, ,, ,, ,, School Oculist 47
,, ,, prescriptions granted 305
,, ,, spectacles obtained 291
Of the 14 spectacles not yet obtained, about 90% will be procured
early next year.
The School Clinic.
Tonsils and Adenoids Operations.
Visits of Surgeon to Clinic 8
No. of children operated on by Surgeon 55
Treatment of Otorrhoea.
From previous year 27
New Cases 33
Total 60
No. attended during the Year 54
No. still attending 30
No. ceased attendance 24
Improved 17
Hospital treatment 3
No. Report 4
No. of visits paid by Children to Clinic 1,870