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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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Recuperative
Holidays
Daring 1966, 23 children were recommended for recuperative
holidays and were placed by the Chief Education Officer.
Specialist Clinics
Ophthalmic
Clinic
Four clinics are evenly spread within various parts of
Borough.
The Summary of Attendances of school children is as follows:-
| No. of Sessions | New Cases | Old Cases | Total Attendances | New Spectacles Prescribed | Spectacles Repaired or Replaced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenwood Gdns. | 104 | 229 | 642 | 1,258 | 449 | 137 |
| Mayesbrook | 96 | 165 | 512 | 1,175 | 326 | 78 |
| Manford Way | 29 | 40 | 153 | 336 | 104 | 12 |
| Woodford | 28 | 120 | 173 | 405 | 172 | 27 |
| Totals | 257 | 554 | 1,480 | 3,174 | 1,051 | 254 |
Dr. J.A. Fairhurst, Ophthalmologist at Kenwood Gardens
Clinic, reports as follows:—
The general atmosphere of the Kenwood Gardens ophthalmic
clinic remains pleasant.
The attendance for routine visits is still high and there is
an increasing number of new patients. This latter fact is due to:-
1. The child health services are referring children
much earlier. This is very satisfactory.
2. Vision screening in schools is picking up very small
errors and in many cases causing referral of patients
who eventually prove to be normal.
I must stress once again how big a proportion of the clinic
consists of squints — not only pre-operative but post-operative
cases referred back from the hospital. The clinic's bookings
are very much behind for ordinary cases and I feel that a lot
of this is due to the high number of squints. These nave to be
seen frequently in order to avoid the risk of amblyopia developing
and remaining undetected.