Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Pure Tone Audiometer Tests:
Number of individual children tested during the year: | |
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(a) For the First time | 618 |
(b) As a review case | 120 |
738 |
Auditory Training:
89 individual children received regular auditory training during the year. Number of attendance sessions: | |
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(a) At the Audiology Clinic | 189 |
(b) At home or school | 417 |
Total | 606 |
Sweep Testing of five year old school entrants:
Number of schools visited | 40 |
Number of children tested | 3,525 |
Number of children passed | 3,147 |
Number of children failed | 378 |
Number of children not tested (absent or unco-operative) | 532 |
The 378 failures were followed up:
No hearing loss | 51 |
Negligible hearing loss | 73 |
Slight hearing loss | 52 |
Moderate hearing loss | 93 |
Moderately severe hearing loss | 77 |
Severe hearing loss | 8 |
Absent or failed to keep appointment | 21 |
Left district | 3 |
Total | 378 |
Issue of Hearing Aids
(a) National Health Service "Medresco" Aids | 7 |
(b) Commercial Aids bought by Croydon L.E. A. | 5 |
Total | 12 |
Supplied in previous years | 64 |
Total | 76 |
2 children using hearing aids are under school age.