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 |