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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
Bromley 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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SECTION B. TREATMENT.
The number of treatments for minor ailments at the clinics during 1940:—
| Skin diseases | 261 |
| Minor Eye Defects | 147 |
| Minor Ear Defects | 86 |
| Miscellaneous (e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.) | 670 |
| 1164 |
The total number of attendances of children for
treatment by the school nurses was 7,007.
Eye Clinic.
No special report from the Eye Specialist, Dr. R. H.
Rushton, is included this year. The work of the clinic
mav be summarised as follows:—
Sessions held 66
No. of children dealt with for errors of
refraction 440
Re-inspections, included in above figure 325
Other defects or diseases treated 127
Spectacles prescribed and obtained 227
Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic.
It was found expedient owing to war conditions, to
discontinue the temporary arrangements for operations
to be carried out at Frascati Nursing Home in early
autumn, and therefore for the time being we have had
to dispense with the services of the Specialist, Mr. C.
Beney. The work of the clinid up to the time of closure
may be summarised as follows:—
No. of sessions held 20
(a) Operation 23
(b) Consultation 3
No. of operations 102
(a) Adenoids only 0
(b) Tonsils and Adenoids 102
Other forms of treatment 49
Operations in hospital (apart from
the Authority's scheme) 10