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 Croydon]
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PART 3
| TABLE A.-EYE DISEASES, DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT | |
| Number of cases dealt with | |
| External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint | 78 |
| Errors of Refraction (including squint) | 1.711 |
| Total | 1,789 |
| Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed | 1.198 |
| TABLE B. - DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR. NOSE AND THROAT | |
| Received operative treatment | |
| - | |
| 290 | |
| - | |
| Received other forms of treatment Ear (Minor Ailments Clinic) | 24 |
| Total . | |
| 314 | |
| Total number of pupils In schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids | |
| (a) in 1958 | 9 |
| 22 | |
| TABLE C. - ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS | |
| 169 | |
| 22 | |
| Total | 191 |
| TABLE D. - DISEASES OF THE SKIN (excluding uncle anl ines. for which see Table II) | |
| Ringworm - (i) scalp | - |
| 1 | |
| Scabies | 1 |
| Impetigo | 8 |
| Other skin Diseases | 10 |
| Total | 20 |