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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

Enfield 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: TABLE 50 EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CLINICS

TABLE 50 EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CLINICS

Total attendances988
New cases162
Number of individual children seen327
Number who received treatment at E.N.T. Clinics182
Number referred to hospital for Tonsillectomy and/or Adenoidectomy72
Number referred to hospital for other treatment55
Number referred for X-ray25

Table: TABLE 51 OPHTHALMIC CLINICS

TABLE 51 OPHTHALMIC CLINICS

Total attendances4,983
New cases722
Number of individual children seen2,714
Number of children who were prescribed glasses1,002

Table: TABLE 52 ORTHOPTIC CLINICS

TABLE 52 ORTHOPTIC CLINICS

Total attendances1,611
New cases42
Number of individual children treated354
Number discharged:
Orthoptically satisfactory with operation538
Orthoptically satisfactory without operation33
Not orthoptically satisfactory but:
1. Intermittent Binocular single vision956
2. Appearance satisfactory
(a) with improved visual acuity12
(b) without improved visual acuity2
3. Treatment not completed
(a) Left school2
(b) Left district15
(c) Failed to attend9
(d) Referred elsewhere7
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