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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 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]

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APPENDIX 17

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

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 squint7
Errors of refraction (including squint)2,193
Total2,200
Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed966

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 ear12
b. for adenoids and chronic tonsilitis43
c. for other nose and throat conditions9
Received other forms of treatment205
Total269
Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids—
a. In 196717
b. In previous years59

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 departments666
b. Pupils treated at school for postural defects22
Total688