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 Harrow]
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EYE DISEASES, DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT
| External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint | 251 |
| Errors of refraction (including squint) | 951 |
| Total | 1,182 |
| Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed . . | 259 |
| DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE AND THROAT | |
| Received operative treatment: | |
| (a) for diseases of the ear | — |
| (b) for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis | 82 |
| (c) for other nose and throat conditions | 1 |
| Received other forms of treatment | 116 |
| Total | 199 |
| Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids: | |
| (a) in 1966 | 7 |
| (b) in previous years | 57 |
| ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS | |
| 47 | |
| w rupils treated at school for postural defects | — |
| Total | 47 |