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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
Hammersmith 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith.
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| Abdomen | T | 0.30 | (1.27) |
| O | 1.48 | (2.53) | |
| Other Debility | T | 1.58 | (1.27) |
| O | 4.75 | (4.75) | |
| Enuresis | T | 12.86 | (11.40) |
| O | 36.69 | (38.43) | |
| Other | T | 8.11 | (7.71) |
| O | 10.78 | (10.14) |
I - I reatment O = Observation
(N.B. A child can be noted for more than one defect).
Vision
The following table is a statement of the visual acuity of pupils whose vision was tested at routine medical inspections divided into those not wearing and wearing glasses, together with the proportion noted for treatment or observation. (Expressed as percentages of the numbers of children whose eyes were tested).
| 6/6 | 6/9 | 6/12 or worse | Noted for Treatment | |||||
| A. Not Wearing Glasses | Boys 79.7(77.5) | Girls 75.6(75.6) | Boys 8.6(9.6) | Girls 11.5(9.8) | Boys 5.7(6.6) | Girls 6.3(6.9) | Boys 6.3(7.8) | Girls 7.2(8.7) |
| B. Wearing Glasses | 2.3(2.6) | 2.1(2.5) | 2.0(2.1) | 2.1(2.7) | 1.7(1.7) | 2.4(2.6) | 4.4(5.3) | 4.8(6.6) |
Number Tested Boys 4,281 (3,720)
Wearing Spectacles Girls4,216 (4,268)
Special Educational Problems
Many school children present complex problems of learning difficulties and behaviour. Close co-operation
with all agencies involved in the solution of these problems helps with educational placement and provision of
help to the children, school staff and children's parents. The agencies involved include teaching staff, school
doctors, educational psychologists, social workers, education welfare officers, probation officers, schoolcare
organisers, psychiatrists, etc.
Placement of children in residential schools is the responsibility of the specialist staff at County Hall.
Handicapped Pupils
At the end of 1972 special educational treatment was being provided for 1,133 (1,152) children. The
following table shows the categories of handicaps and number of pupils receiving special education in day
schools in the London Borough of Hammersmith. These schools serve much of the West of London and
accordingly many of the pupils are not residents of Hammersmith.
Type of Handicap
Delicate
Partially-sighted
Deaf
Partially-hearing
Physically Handicapped
Educationally Subnormal
School
Wood Lane School
John Aird School
Ackmar Road School
Units in - (1) Holman Hunt School
(2) Hammersmith
County School and
Christopher Wren School
Queensmill School
Elizabeth Burgwin School
179
104
78
28
4
47
186
(1971)
(182)
(123)
(72)
(20)
(4)
(47)
(184)
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