Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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(e) Patients who are complaining of ocular symptoms, the
cause of which is not obvious to the Ophthalmologist.
Details of treatments and attendances are as follows:—
Number of new cases 54
Number of treatment 107
Number of occlusion 94
Number of treatments given 145
Number of cures with operation 7
Number of cures without operation 28
Cases discharged—cured:
(a) Functional for binocular single
vision 20
(b) Cosmetic 14
Total number of attendances 616
Transferred or left the district 10
Number of sessions 154
Number on waiting list at 31.12.70 6
Diseases and Defects of Ear, Nose and Throat
Number of cases known to have been dealt with:—
Received operative treatment:—
(a) for diseases of the ear —
(b) for adenoids and chronic tonsilitis 689
(c) for other nose and throat conditions
333
Total 1,022
Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been
provided with hearing aids:—
(a) during 1970 17
(b) in previous years 82
Orthopaedic and Postural Defects
Number known to have been treated:—
(a) Pupils treated at clinics or out-patients 169
(b) Pupils treated at school for postural
defects —
169