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
Lambeth 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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No. of medical inspections per 1,000 pupils 587
Health Surveys - comprehensive 34,409
No. per 1,000 pupils 738
Percentage found verminous 1.4
Health Surveys - selective 5,609
No. per 1,000 pupils 120
Percentage found verminous 5.2
Audiometry -
No. of children given sweep test 10,362
No. of children given pure tone test 489
No. of children referred to otologist at audiology centre 54
SCHOOL MEDICAL TREATMENT
Hospital and Specialist Clinics
Vision Centres:-
Vision sessions 258
Number of new cases 528
Total attendances 3,637
Errors of refraction and squint 1,680
Other eye defects 44
Spectacles ordered 951
Orthoptic sessions:- 18
Number of new cases 9
Total attendances 36
Ear, nose and throat centres:-
Sessions —
Number of new cases —
Total attendances —
LOCAL AUTHORITY CLINICS
Audiology centres:-
Sessions 39
Number of new cases 140
Total attendances 210
Special investigation clinics:-
Sessions 157
Number of new cases 208
Total attendances 1,096