London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1973

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]

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Table: TABLE IVTREATMENT OF PUPILS ATTENDING MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS(including Nursery and Special Schools)EYE DISEASES, DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT

TABLE IV

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
External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint63
Errors of refraction (including squint)1,526
TOTAL1,589
Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed381

Table: DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR-NOSE AND THROAT

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 ear12
(b) for adenoids and chronic tonsilitis75
(c) for other nose and throat conditions-
Received other forms of treatment42
TOTAL129
Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids:-
(a) in 197012
(b) in previous years64

Table: ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS

ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS

Number of cases known to have been treated
(a) Pupils treated at clinics or out-patient departments29
(6) Pupils treated at school for postural defects—
TOTAL29