[Report 1919] / School Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough.

  • Eastbourne (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / School Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In the cases of 34 other children, who had ophthalmic defect, five attended at the dispensary, and five were attended to privately, 13 refused treatment, and 11 had left the town. Provision of spectacles : — Provided free in 48 cases. Provided on part payment in 22 cases. Repaired free in 14 cases. Repaired on part payment in 1 case. THROAT AND NOSE CLINIC. Number of Clinics held, 31. Number of children attending, 243. Ages of Children. Years. Years. 3 1 11 9 4 9 12 19 5 33 13 9 6 39 14 2 7 19 — 8 53 243 9 34 — 10 16 The children operated on are afterwards examined at their homes and at the Clinic at the Town Hall. Others— Promised private treatment ... ... 7 Refused treatment ... ... ... 41 Left Town ... ... ... ... 1 EXAMINATION CLINIC. The attendances of 610 children for 615 ailments amounted to 1,283, 564 boys and 719 girls. The defects for which the children attended were the following (in 34 cases no ailment was found) : —