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 Richmond]
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Table VIII.
Eye Diseases, Defective Vision and Squint.
Number of cases known to have been dealt with | |
---|---|
External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint | 41 |
Errors of refraction (including squint) | 2154 |
Total | 2195 |
Number of pupils for whom spectacles prescribed | 618 |
Keystone Telebinocular Vision Screeners were used in the schools during 1968. The instruments were operated by the audiometer/vision screener operators. The statistics relating to this screening procedure are given below:
Table IX.
Age Group. | First Tests | Failures | |
---|---|---|---|
TOTAL | TOTAL | % of Col. 2 | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Infants | 1751 | 192 | 10.97 |
Junior | 1639 | 274 | 16.72 |
Senior | 1418 | 191 | 13.47 |
TOTAL | 4808 | 657 | 13.66 |
Table X.
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 ear | — |
(b) for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis | 23 |
(c) for other nose and throat conditions | — |
Received other forms of treatment | 212 |
Total | 235 |
Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids: | |
(a) in 1968 | 7 |
(b) in previous years | 34 |