[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.
- Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1962
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Xuniber of children inspected 12S5 Xinnher referred to otli(*e for action 2()() Of this number (26(5): Xumber referred to Kye C'linie. including <S who had been o-i\'(ai pia^vious aj)point- nients and had failed to attend 161 Xumber already ^ixam (airiaait or futur{‘ a{)pointments by ofliee . .... 11 V A too ^ood for referral ((5/6 (5/0 or 6 0 both) and listed for futnix^ observation . ST Seen previously and diseharo-ed by vyc specialist .... 1 Left district before sent tor. attcaidin^ opticians and \'arious otlua’ (pieries 66 2(5(5 Orthoptic Clinic d'hronohout the y(‘ar the visitin^^ orthoptist has continued to carry out six sessions monthly at the (’eidral C'linie and tlu' following- are details ot children seen: Xew C’ases for examination and la'i^istration 7(5 Old Cases: For treatnuait SO For occlusion (5-1 For tests and obscu’vation 26 For periodic eh(“ek-up .... 12 Miseellaneons visits (5 1 S5 d'otal .Attendances . . .... .... 2(51 Discharges: Cured by Orthoptics .... . 20 Cured by Ortho[)ties and operative treat- ment .... 2 (Jood cosmetic ix'snlt .... .... 6 ('onsid(‘red satisfactory by j)ar(*nts only 4- d'ransferred to hospital for op(“rativ(‘ treatnuad .... 1 1 Failed to attend . .. .. . .... 26 Orthopaedic Clinic I)urin(^ 1062 i\Ir. .1. A. O'Oara. t'.H.C'.S.. has contimu'd his fort- nightly visits, the Orthoj)aedie ('linic remaining' under tlu' direction of the I)udle\'. Stourbridge A District Hospital Oronp. d'hc number of treatments ^iven, 41(5. beino- approximately the same as in the preeedinij^ year. The 126 children note'd at Routine Medical In- s])ections as having orthopaedic defects included 21 who recjuired treatment and they are included in the total of 116 referreal to above*. The remaining 102 were kept uneler observation.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29171271_0055.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
