London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Islington 1973
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SPECIAL SCHOOLING
The following recommendations were made as a result of special medical examinations and consideration of other relevant information:-
| Day schools for the delicate | 15 | (16) |
| Day schools for physically handicapped children | 12 | (13) |
| Boarding open air schools | NIL | (10) |
| Day schools for educationally subnorrrBl children | 31 | (32) |
| Boarding schools for educationally subnormal children | NIL | (NIL) |
| Continue at ordinary school possibly with extra help in reading, arithmetic, etc. | 9 | (20) |
| Home tuition | 7 | (11) |
| Transfers to ordinary school from ESN school | 11 | (22) |
| Health Surveys in Schools Inspections carried out by school nurses resulted in findings as follows:- | ||
| Annual comprehensive inspections | 26,133 | (30,394) |
| Occasions on which vermin were found | 567 | (541) |
| Percentage found verminous | 2.17 | (1.78) |
| Selective inspections | 9,091 | (8,547) |
| Occasions on which vermin were found | 305 | (238) |
| Percentage of selective inspections in which vermin were found | 3.35 | (2.78) |
| Individual pupils found verminous | 862 | (756) |
| Percentage of school rolls found verminous | 2.71 | (2.30) |
| Percentage of school rolls found verminous for whole of ILEA area | 1.75 | (1.82) |
| SPECIALIST ACTIVITIES AND CLINICS Audiology | ||
| Children sweep tested by school nurses in schools | 5,716 | (7,191) |
| Children found to have defective hearing and referred to otologists | 132 | (115) |
| Children in attendance at audiology clinics at end of year | 165 | (114) |
| Audiology clinic sessions held | 30 | (28) |
| Total attendances at audiology clinics | 10 | (9) |
| Total of children with hearing aids attending Islington schools | 90 | (78) |
| Special Investigation CIinics (for obesity, enuresis and early emotional problems) | ||
| Children attending clinics at end of year | 386 | (388) |
| Total clinic attendances | 1,549 | (1,756) |
| Children discharged cured | 78 | (63) |
| Vision Clinics | ||
| Sessions held | 245 | (260) |
| New cases | 1,341 | (1,269) |
| Total attendances | 5,784 | (5,427) |
| Errors of refraction and squint | 1,410 | (1,433) |