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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

Redbridge 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]

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Table: APPENDIX 18TABLE A. - EYE DISEASES, DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT

APPENDIX 18

TABLE A. - EYE DISEASES, DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT

Number of cases known to have been dealt with
External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint8
Errors of refraction (including squint)2,153
Total2,161
Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed998

Table: TABLE B. - DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE AND THROAT

TABLE B. - 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 ear1
b. for adenoids and chronic tonsilitis88
c. for other nose and throat conditions6
Received other forms of treatment167
Total262
1 otal number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids —
a. In 19667
b. In previous years65

Table: TABLE C. - ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS

TABLE C. - ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS

Number known to have been treated
a Pupils treated at clinics or out-patients departments573
b. Pupils treated at school for postural defects42
Total615