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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

Harrow 1970

[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)

Table: EYE DISEASES, DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT

EYE DISEASES, DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT

Number of cases known to have been dealt with
External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint69
Errors of refraction (including squint)799
TOTAL868
Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed248
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 ear5
(b) for adenoids and chronic tonsilitis96
(c) for other nose and throat conditions2
Received other forms of treatment126
TOTAL229
Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids:-
(a) in 197011
(b) in previous years45
ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS
Number of cases known to have been treated
(a) Pupils treated at clinics or out-patient departments76
(b) Pupils treated at school for postural defects—
TOTAL76