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 Walthamstow]
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New Cases | Jnder Boya | 7 yrs. Girla | 7-11 Boya | yrs. Girla | Over Boya | 11 yrs. Girla | Total Boya Girla | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hypermetropia | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | |
Astigmatism | 14 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 30 | 45 |
Myopia | 6 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 18 | 25 | 50 | 43 |
Other eye defects | 46 | 41 | 14 | 30 | 18 | 25 | 78 | 96 |
Totals | 74 | 57 | 54 | 65 | 43 | 71 | 171 | 193 |
Total attendances | 3354 | |||||||
Glasses obtained (a) through the Hospital Service Optician | 698 | |||||||
(b) through outside opticians | 106 |
New Cases | Boys | Girls |
---|---|---|
Enlarged tonsils | 15 | 11 |
Trauma | 1 | 3 |
Cervical adenitis | 2 | 1 |
Epistaxis | 2 | - |
Nasal deformity | 1 | - |
Hay fever | 3 | - |
Wax | - | 2 |
U.R. I | 2 | 2 |
Intermittent hearing loss | 1 | 1 |
Speech | 2 | - |
Tongue-tie | 1 | - |
Otorrhoea | 2 | - |
Polyp on tonsil | 1 | - |
No defect | - | 2 |
Hearing loss due to: - Wax | 4 | 2 |
Enlarged tonsils | 2 | 1 |
Otitis media | 1 | 2 |
U.R.I. | 1 | - |
Catarrh | 1 | - |
Nasal obstruction | 4 | 2 |
High frequency loss | 2 | - |
Perceptive loss | 1 | 1 |
Mumps | 1 | - |
Eustachian obstruction | - | 2 |
Minimal loss | 2 | 2 |
Totals | 52 | 34 |
(b) Orthoptic Clinic-
New cases 68
Total attendances 795