London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1972

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: SCHOOL HEALTH

SCHOOL HEALTH

(46) Ear, nose and throat clinic
Total attendances217
New cases113
Individual children seen166
Received treatment at E.N.T. clinic28
Referred to hospital for tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy57
Referred to hospital for other treatment22
Referred for X-ray11
(47) Ophthalmic clinics
Total attendances3,922
New cases677
Individual children seen2,507
Children prescribed glasses921
(48) Orthoptic clinics
Total attendances1,709
New cases128
Individual children treated453
Discharged:
Orthoptically satisfactory with operation3
Orthoptically satisfactory without operation7780
Discharged not orthoptically satisfactory but:
1. intermittent binocular single vision8
2. appearance satisfactory:
(a) with improved visual acuity12
(b) without improved visual acuity—
3. treatment not completed:
(a) Left district16
(b) Failed to attend10
(c) Referred elsewhere248
Appointments made and not kept541
(49) Orthopaedic clinic
Total attendances at Orthopaedic Surgeon's Clinic44
New cases seen by Orthopaedic Surgeon29
Cases discharged26