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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

Tower Hamlets 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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Table: TABLES 59 & 60STAFF OF SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE (Full-time equivalent as at 31 December 1965)

TABLES 59 & 60

STAFF OF SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE (Full-time equivalent as at 31 December 1965)

Medical Officers and Sessional Medical Officers7. 07
Nursing (all categories of staff)20. 50
Speech Therapists3. 10
Social Workers3. 60
Physiotherapists0. 90
Dental Officers6. 08
Dental Surgery Assistants6. 60
SCHOOL MEDICAL INSPECTIONS (Excluding Dental and Health Surveys)
School Roll - 21. 1. 6634, 044
Routine Inspections Number inspected14, 494
Percentage of Number inspected oft
Parent present57. 6
Care Committee present75. 1
No. vaccinated against smallpox64. 6
No. immunised against diphtheria85. 9
No. immunised against whooping cough65.2
No. vaccinated against poliomyelitis79. 6
Physical condition unsatisfactory0. 3
Referred for treatment of defects15. 7
Referred for treatment of defects other than vision8. 6
Non-Routine Inspections
(i) Specials5, 149
(ii) Re-inspections4, 730
No. of routine inspections as percentage of school roll42. 6
No. of non-routine inspections as percentage of school roll29. 0