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Edmonton 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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NOSE AND THROAT.
Among the boys, 282, and 316 girls, had either enlarged tonsils or adenoids,
or both.
EYE DISEASE.
Fifty-one boys and 90 girls were wearing spectacles. Slight errors of
vision were found in 59 boys and 82 girls, and marked errors in 77 boys and
104 girls. Thirty-four boys and 46 girls had squint.
SCHOOL CLINIC.
In September the Architect reported that the nurses at the Military Hospital
had vacated Pvmmes Park House, and that the Guardians were carrying out
the necessary repairs. The Council then agreed to rent three rooms on the
first floor to the Education Committee, at £25 a year.