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 Redbridge]
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TABLE A. - EYE DISEASES, DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT
Number of cases known to have been dealt with | |
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External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint | 4 |
Errors of refraction (including squint) | 1,971 |
Total | 1,975 |
Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed | 854 |
TABLE B. - DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
Number of cases known to have been dealt with | |
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Received operative treatment — a. for diseases of the ear | 14 |
424 | |
c. for other nose and throat conditions | 66 |
Received other forms of treatment | 182 |
Total | 686 |
Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids — a. In 1965 | 8 |
77 |
TABLE C. - ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS
Number known to have been treated | |
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a. Pupils treated at clinics or out-patients departments | 749 |
b. Pupils treated at school for postural defects | 44 |
Total | 793 |