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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
Waltham Forest 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]
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SPECIALIST CLINICS
(a) Aural
Sessions 58
New cases 269
Total attendances 813
Referred to hospital for operative treatment 233
(b) Ophthalmic
Sessions 365
New cases 849
Attendances 5,665
Glasses prescribed 1,198
Glasses obtained
(i) through H.M.C. optician 973
(ii) privately 225
(c) Orthoptic
Sessions 408
New cases 224
Attendances 2,052
(d) Orthopaedic
Sessions 58
New cases 428
Attendances 1,377
Appliances provided 159
(e) Physiotherapy
Sessions 646
New cases 273
Attendances 3,672
(0 Paediatric
Sessions 23
New cases 90
Attendances 182
(k) Child Guidance
WAL.TH AM
FOREST
OUTAREA
Cases referred or re-opened for treatment
during year:-
(i) Under 5 years - Boys
46
-
- Girls
27
-
(ii) Over 5 years - Boys
203
1
- Girls
142
1
418
2
Cases closed during year
285
41
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