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 Day Schools and Pre-School Children
Primary School Pupils | 26 |
Secondary School Pupils | 2 |
Pre-School Pupils | 13 |
41 |
Pure Tone Audiometer Tests. (Excluding Sweep Test Failures).
302 | |
368 | |
670 |
Auditory Training
44 individual children received regular auditory training during the year. Number of attendance sessions:
221 | |
152 | |
373 |
Sweep Testing of Five Year Old School Entrants
Number of schools visited | 64 |
Number of children tested | 7,118 |
Number of children passed | 5,296 |
Number of children failed | 525 |
Number of children to be re-tested | 818 |
Number of children not tested (absent or unco-operative). | 479 |
The failures were re-assessed as follows:—
No hearing loss | 150 |
Slight hearing loss | 184 |
Moderate hearing loss | 105 |
Moderately severe hearing loss | 26 |
Severe hearing loss | 5 |
Failed to keep appointments | 28 |
Left district | 17 |
Waiting to be tested | 10 |
525 |
Issue of Hearing Aids
4 | |
10 | |
14 |
10 children under school age are using hearing aids.