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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TABLE V
TREATMENT OF PUPILS ATTENDING MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
(including Nursery and Special Schools)
EYE DISEASES, DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT
Number of cases known to have been dealt with | |
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External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint | 105 |
Errors of refraction (including squint) | 864 |
TOTAL | 969 |
Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed | 249 |
DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
Number of cases known to have been dealt with | |
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Received operative treatment: (a) for diseases of the ear | 4 |
82 | |
(c) for other nose and throat conditions | 2 |
Received other forms of treatment | 93 |
TOTAL | 181 |
Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids:- | |
2 | |
(A) in previous years | 52 |
ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS
Number of cases known to have been treated | |
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(a) Pupils treated at clinics or out-patient departments | 59 |
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TOTAL | 59 |