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 Willesden]
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Statistics relating to the work of the school health service during 1955 are contained in the following tables:—
Audiometry
Total tested | Absentees | Failure | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Both ears | One ear | ||||
L. | R. | ||||
4,393 | 362 | 35 | 51 | 46 | 132 |
Medical Inspections
Entrants | Second age group | Third age group | Others | Totals | Special inspections | Re-inspections | Totals | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals: 1955 | 1,853 | 2,008 | 2,104 | 2,953 | 8,918 | 10,596 | 1,691 | 12,287 |
1954 | 2,900 | 2,359 | 2,240 | 2,339 | 9,838 | 10,835 | 1,810 | 12,645 |
Classification of the General Conditions of Pupils
Age Groups | No of pupils inspected | A (Good) | B (Fair) | C (Poor) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |||
Entrants | 1,853 | 721 | 38.9 | 1,080 | 58.3 | 52 | 2.8 | |
Second age group | 2,008 | 899 | 44.8 | 1,091 | 54.3 | 18 | 0.9 | |
Third age group | 2,104 | 854 | 40.6 | 1,219 | 57.9 | 31 | 1.5 | |
Others | 2,953 | 1,238 | 41.9 | 1,685 | 57.1 | 30 | 1.0 | |
Totals : | 1955 | 8,918 | 3,712 | 41.6 | 5,075 | 56.9 | 131 | 1.5 |
1954 | 9,838 | 4,624 | 47.0 | 5,082 | 51.6 | 132 | 1.4 |
Defects
Defect or Disease | Periodic Inspections | Special inspections | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of Defects | No. of defects | ||||
Requiring treatment | Requiring observation | Requiring treatment | |||
Skin | 29 | 118 | 250 | ||
Eyes | (a) Vision | 370 | 303 | 87 | |
(b) Squint | 39 | 108 | 9 | ||
(c) Other | 32 | 45 | 102 | ||
Ears | (a) Hearing | 14 | 81 | 103 | |
(b) Otitis media | 15 | 69 | — | ||
(c) Other | 16 | 23 | 64 | ||
Nose and throat | 175 | 477 | 217 | ||
Speech | 53 | 69 | 52 | ||
Cervical glands | 25 | 173 | 6 | ||
Heart and circulation | 4 | 76 | 1 | ||
Lungs | 16 | 177 | 31 | ||
Developmental | (a) Hernia ........................ | 16 | 14 | 1 | |
(b)Other | 20 | 145 | 3 | ||
Orthopaedic | (a) Posture | 57 | 150 | 3 | |
(b) Flat foot | 43 | 136 | 3 | ||
(c)Other | 81 | 204 | 54 | ||
Nervous System | (a) Epilepsy | — | 20 | — | |
(b) Other | — | 60 | 3 | ||
Psychological | (a) Development | 7 | 69 | 8 | |
(b) Stability | 11 | 217 | 32 | ||
Other | 613 | 183 | 608 | ||
Totals | 1955 | 1,636 | 2,917 | 1,637 | |
1954 | 2,309 | 2,789 | 3,614 |