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 | |
Pre School Pupils | 14 |
Primary School Pupils | 27 |
Secondary School Pupils | Nil |
41 |
Pure Tone Audiometer Tests. (Excluding Sweep Test Failures).
342 | |
309 | |
651 |
Auditory Training
39children received regular auditory training during the year. Number of attendance sessions; | |
197 | |
135 | |
332 |
Sweep Testing of Five Year Old School Entrants
Number of schools visited 65
Number of children tested 7,096
Number of children passed 5,702
Number of children failed 632
Number of children to be re-tested 762
Number of children not tested 512
(absent or unco-operative).
The failures were re-assessed as follows:
No hearing loss | 126 |
Slight hearing loss | 244 |
Moderate hearing loss | 141 |
Moderately severe hearing loss | 54 |
Severe hearing loss | 4 |
Failed to keep appointments | 31 |
Left district | 20 |
Waiting to be tested | 12 |
632 |
Issue of Hearing Aids
9 | |
1 | |
10 |
12 children under school age are using hearing aids.