[Report 1973] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley County Borough.

  • Burnley (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1973
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Credit: [Report 1973] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE MEDICAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT RETURN FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1973 LOCAL AUTHORITY - BURNLEY COUNTY BOROUGH Part III - Trv'iitincnt of pupils attending maintained Primary and Secondary Schools (including Nursery and Special Schools) 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 squint ... ... ... 9 Errors of refraction (including squint) ... 746 TOTAL 755 Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed 361 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 ear ... 233 (b) for adenoids and chronic tonsilitis ... 282 (c) for other nose and throat conditions ... 278 Received other forms of treatment 80 TOTAL 873 Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids - (a) In 1073 5 (b) In previous years ... ... 29 TABLE C - ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS Numbers known to have been treated (a) Pupils ti'eated at clinics or out-patients department ... ... 37 (b) Pupils treated at school for postural defects 35 TOTAL 72