London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Beckenham 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE III.
Treatment of Minor Ailments.
Total Number of Defects treated* or under treatment during
the year under the Authority's Scheme was 3,611.
Treatment of Defective Vision and Squint.
Errors of Refraction dealt with under the Authority's Scheme
were 646.
The number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed
was 143, and for whom they were obtained was 132.
Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
64 children received operative treatment under the Authority's
Scheme, and 154 received other forms of treatment making a total
of 254.
36 are awaiting treatment.
TABLE IV.
Dental Inspection and Treatment.
Particulars of treatment under this heading will be found in
the Dental Surgeon's Report.
| (1) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurse | 10.25 |
| (2) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurse | 13,666 |
| (3) Number of individual children found unclean | 30 |
Freame, Manning & Co., Printers (T.U.), 12a, Lee High Road, Lewisham, S.E.13
32