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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

Walthamstow 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: Number of children for whom glasses were

Number of children for whom glasses were

Prescribed1,136
Obtained (a) through the Hospital Service1,034
(b) through private opticians86
Total attendances4,286

Table: Supply of Spectacles.— The following shows the number of spectacles provided during the past eight Years:—

Supply of Spectacles.— The following shows the number of spectacles provided during the past eight Years:—

19511952195319541955195619571958
8439951,0639839059668891,034

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During 1957 and 1958 respectively, seventy and eighty-six
spectacles were obtained from "outside" opticians.
The employment of a whole-time dispensing optician by the
Hospital Management Committee provides an "on-the-spot"
Service for the provision, fitting, and repair of spectacles and a
large saving in cost. It is a Service much appreciated by parents,
who have a completely free choice in the matter.

Table: (b) Orthoptic Clinic.—The following shows the work done at the Clinic:—

(b) Orthoptic Clinic.—The following shows the work done at the Clinic:—

Number of new cases148
Number of treatments170
Number referred to hospital for operation28
Number discharged58
Total attendances1.490

Table: Hospital treatment was obtained as follows:—

Hospital treatment was obtained as follows:—

Removal of Tonsils and Adenoids36
Removal of Adenoids2
X-ray of sinuses, etc.11
Other treatment20

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Audiometric Testing.—During the year 359 children were
tested with the pure tone audiometer on referral from medical
inspection.
(d) Orthopaedic and Physiotherapy Clinic. This under the
clinical charge of Mr. G. Rigby Jones, M.C., F.R.C.S., Consultant
Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Connaught Hospital. Mr. Rigby Jones
reports that treatment at the clinic remains in the very capable hands
of Miss Garratt.
The following tables compiled by Miss Garratt, C.S.P., Physiotherapist,
show the work done at the clinic