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Willesden 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table 83
Treatments: school health service
| Number of cases known to have been dealt with | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (i) | |||||
| (a) | External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint | 81 | |||
| (b) | Errors of refraction (including squint) | 1,324 | |||
| Totals | 1956 | 1,405 | |||
| 1955 | 1,308 | ||||
| (c) | Number of pupils for whom spectacles spectacles were prescribed | 1956 | 589 | ||
| 1955 | 637 | ||||
| (ii) | |||||
| Received operative treatment for: | |||||
| (a) | diseases of the ear | 1 | |||
| (b) | adenoids and chronic tonsillitis | 215 | |||
| (c) | other nose and throat conditions | 23 | |||
| Received other forms of treatment | 119 | ||||
| Totals | 1956 | 358 | |||
| 1955 | 283 | ||||
| Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids: | |||||
| (a) | during the current year | 1 | |||
| (b) | in previous years (excluding any pupils shown at (a) above who were provided with an aid in the previous year) | 5 | |||
| (iii) | |||||
| Number of pupils known to have been treated at clinics or at out-patient departments | 1956 | 918 | |||
| 1955 | 823 | ||||
| (iv) | |||||
| Ringworm | (i) Scalp | — | |||
| (ii) Body | — | ||||
| Scabies | 9 | ||||
| Impetigo | 75 | ||||
| Other skin diseases | 376 | ||||
| Total | 1956 | 460 | |||
| 1955 | 418 | ||||
| (v) | |||||
| Number of pupils treated at child guidance clinics under arrangements made by the County Council (including children sent to the Tavistock and other hospital clinics under arrangements made by the County Council) | 176 | ||||
| (vi) | |||||
| Number of pupils treated by speech therapists under arrangements made by the authority 1956 | 361 | ||||
| 1955 | 345 | ||||
| (vii | |||||
| (a) | Number of miscellaneous minor ailments treated by the County Council | 1,046 | |||
| (b) | Treatment other than (a) above and excluding convalescent treatment: | ||||
| 1. | Lymphatic glands | 4 | |||
| 2. | Heart | — | |||
| 3. | Lungs | 81 | |||
| 4. | Developmental | (a) Hernia | — | ||
| (b) Other | — | ||||
| 5. | Nervous system | (a) Epilepsy | — | ||
| (b) Other | — | ||||
| 6. | Psychological | (a) Development | — | ||
| (b) Stability | 41 | ||||
| 7. | Abdomen | — | |||
| 8. | Other | 12 | |||
| Totals | 1956 | 1,184 | |||
| 1955 | 1,538 | ||||