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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Willesden 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table 65
Treatments : School Health Service
| Number of cases known to have been dealt with | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint | 42 | ||
| (b) Errors of refraction (including squint) Totals | 1963 | 1,498 | |
| 1,540 | |||
| 1962 | 1,500 | ||
| (c) Number of pupils for whom spectacles were pre | |||
| scribed Totals | 1963 | 437 | |
| 1962 | 456 | ||
| Received operative treatment for : | |||
| (a) diseases of the ear | — | ||
| (b) adenoids and chronic tonsillitis | 46 | ||
| (c) other nose and throat conditions | 5 | ||
| Received other forms of treatment | 109 | ||
| Totals | 1963 | 160 | |
| 1962 | 217 | ||
| Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids : | |||
| (a) during the current year | 8 | ||
| (b) in previous years (excluding any pupils shown at | |||
| (a) above who were provided with an aid in the previous year) | |||
| 2 | |||
| Number of pupils known to have been treated at | |||
| clinics or at outpatients departments | 1963 | 600 | |
| 1962 | 655 | ||
| Ringworm (i) Scalp | 1 | ||
| (ii) Body | 1 | ||
| Scabies | 15 | ||
| Impetigo | 13 | ||
| Other skin diseases | 139 | ||
| Totals | 1963 | 169 | |
| 1962 | 170 | ||
| 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 | 612 | ||
| County Council) | 1963 | ||
| 1962 | 173 | ||
| (vi) Speech Therapy | |||
| Number of pupils treated by speech therapists under | |||
| arrangements made by the authority 1963 | 278 | ||
| 1962 | 340 | ||
| (a) Number of miscellaneous minor ailments treated | |||
| by the County Council | 622 | ||
| (b) Treatment other than (a) above and excluding convalescent treatment: | |||
| 1. Lymphatic glands | - | ||
| 2. Heart | _ | ||
| 3. Lungs | 67 | ||
| 4. Developmental | (a) Hernia | - | |
| (b) Other | _ | ||
| 5. Nervous system | (a) Epilepsy | - | |
| (b) Other | 9 | ||
| 6. Psychological | (a) Development | 11 | |
| (b) Stability | 52 | ||
| 7. Abdomen | 1 | ||
| 8. Other | 60 | ||
| Totals | 1963 1962 | 822 | |
| 737 | |||