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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AUDIOLOGY CLINIC Numbers attending Croydon Bay Schools and Pre-School Children
Primary School Pupils | 42 | |
Secondary School Pupils | 24 | |
Pre-School Children | 15 | |
Pure Tone Audiometer Tests | 81 | |
Number of individual children tested during the year. | ||
203 | ||
Total | 248 451 |
Auditory Training
81 individual children received regular auditory training during the year. Number of attendance sessions: | |
176 | |
278 | |
454 | |
Sweep Testing of five year old school entrants: | |
Number of schools visited | 57 |
Number of children tested | 4,721 |
Number of children passed | 3,878 |
Number of children failed | 378 |
Number of children to be re-tested | 465 |
Number of children not tested | 387 |
(absent or unco-operative) |
The failures were re-assessed as follows:
No hearing loss | 58 |
Negligible hearing loss | 34 |
Slight hearing loss | 61 |
Moderate hearing loss | 132 |
Moderately severe hearing loss | 48 |
Severe hearing loss | 5 |
Failed to keep appointment | 19 |
Left district | 6 |
Waiting to be tested | 15 |
378 |