[Report 1961] / School Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough.

  • Smethwick (Worcestershire, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1961
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Credit: [Report 1961] / School Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DEFECTIVE VISION Mr. H. W. Archer-Hall, Ophthalmic Surgee:)n to the Smeth¬ wick Education Committee, has submitted the following details of children seen at the Holly Fane Clinic: 1961 1960 1959 Total number of children examined ... 1,489 1,103 1,006 Total number of spectacles prescribed 765 562 630 Total number of spectacles obtained 756 560 628 Total number of treatments ... 27 34 4 New cases 398 304 425 Spectacles ordered 177 138 220 Referred to hospital 7 6 4 Re-examinations 1,091 743 581 Spectacles ordered 588 403 410 Referred to hospital 5 12 6 Treatments; New cases ... 18 18 3 Referred to hospital ... 7 6 4 Re-examinations ... 9 16 1 Referred to hospital ... 5 12 6 Toddlers examined 102 56 36 Spectacles prescribed 29 21 15 Spectacles obtained 29 21 15 ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAE DEFECTS The number of children attending the Smethwick Orthopaedic Clinic during the year was 137. This was a slightlv smaller num- ber than the previous year. The Secretary of the Clinic has kindly let me have the infor- mation on Vy^hich the following summary of defects is based: Type of Defect G i rl s Boys Congenital defects ... 2 4 Postural defects 7 5 Developmental Abnormalities— (a) Knock Knees ... 7 10 (b) Flat Feet 7 33 (c) Deformed Toes ... — — (d) Others 17 14 Poliomyelitis ... 5 3 Painful Joints 4 2 Spastic Conditions ... 4 3 Miscellaneous 4 6 57 80 I'here were 11 children admitted to the Woodlands Hospital during the year.
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