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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ealing 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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The statistical reFort is as follows:-
| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
|---|---|---|
| No. of new cases 151 | 194 | 172 |
| No. of re-insFections 213 | 398 | 313 |
| Total attendances 364 | 592 | 485 |
| Medical Treatment advised 174 | 306 | 253 |
| Surgical Treatment advised 95 | 87 | 105 |
EAR, NOSE AND THROAT SERVICE,
Mr. Savege, Consulting Otologist, reForts:-
"The school Doctors continue to search out and refer
to me, cases of deafness in children. The early diagnosis
and treatment of this condition is of the greatest imFortance
to the child* I am assisted in this work by the
Audiometric Service, which Frovides a chart showing the
hearing loss.
The largest grouF of cases, however, are those showing
symFtoms of Tonsil and Adenoid infection, and most of
these are referred for oFeration.
Audiometry ReFort
| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | of schools visited | 49 | 54 | 32 |
| Number | of children tested | 7,451 | 6,338 | 4,571 |
| Number | of children with hearing loss | 271 | 289 | 134 |
| Number | referred to E.N.T. SFecialist | 104 | 101 | 78 |
Congenital Abnormalities
New Cases
Old Cases
| Squint oo 0. ........ | 31 | 200 |
| Congenital Nystagmus | 1 | 3 |
| Nasal duct obstruction . . | 2 | 1 |
| Abnormalities Extra-ocular muscle | 2 | 1 |
| Congenital cataract | 1 | 1 |
| Frogressive MyoFes | 2 | 4 |
| Ftosis | - | 1 |
| Marfans Syndrome - EctoFia Lentis | - | 1 |
OFHTHALMIC SERVICE.
Mr. G. Freeman-Heal, Consultant OFhthalmologist, reForts:-
"School children examined at Mattock Lane and Ravenor Fark
OFhthalmic School Clinics for the year January to December
1961.
The total number of cases seen was 1,261 (1960 • 1,366)
of which 206 (1960- 414) were new cases and 1,055 (1960
952) were re-insFections.
The number of Fairs of glasses Frescribed was 708
(1960 - 868),
Abnormal Eye Conditions other than Errors of Refraction
were as follows:-