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Barking 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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EAR, NOSE AND THOART SERVICE.
The Specialist Consultant in Ear, Nose and Throat conditions
conducted twenty-eight sessions at the Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, during
the year 1942, compared with thirty-three sessions during 1941. In addition,
a number of patients received operative treatment at various hospitals for
Ear, Nose and Throat defects, such as removal of enlarged tonsils and
adenoids.
The following table gives a comparison of the numbers dealt with in the past two years:-
| Mothers & Toddlers. | Adults -Public Scheme. | School Children. | Totals. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941. | 1942. | 1941. | 1942. | 1941. | 1942. | 19a. | 1942. | |
| Number of attendances at the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic. | 291 | 241 | 5 | 10 | 618 | 497 | 914 | 748 |
| Number of cases which received operative treatment. | 86 | 77 | - | - | 277 | 171 | 363 | 248 |
| Number of cases which received other foms of treatment. | 22 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 114 | 198 | 138 | 245 |
| TOTALS. | 399 | 360 | 7 | 15 | 1,009 | 866 | 1,415 | 1,241 |
5. OPHTHALMIC SERVICES.
Your Consultation and Treatment Service for Defective Vision and
other conditions of the Eye continued at the Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive,
the total sessions devoted to tais work being 154 (104 in the year 1941).
.
There has been a considerable increase in all branches of this
Service, compared with the previous year.
(a) Treatment of Defective Vision and Squint - Table of Statistics.
Treatment of Defective Vision and Squint - Table of Statistics
| Mothers & Toddlers. | Public Ophth. Scheme. | School-Children. | Total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 1942. | 1941. | 1942. | 1941. | 1942. | 1941 | 1942. | |
| Errors of Refraction | ||||||||
| requiring treatment. | 193 | 248 | 85 | 182 | 551 | 686 | 834 | 1116 |
| Number for whom spectacles were:- | ||||||||
| (a) Prescribed, | 59 | 71 | 59 | 118 | 270 | 381 | 388 | 570 |
| (b) Obtained. | 48 | 77 | 36 | 96 | 294 | 363 | 378 | 536 |
| TOTALS. | 335 | 396 | 180 | 396 | 1,115 | 1430 | 1,600 | 2,222 |
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