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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 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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Table: SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS FOR YEAR 1969

SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS FOR YEAR 1969

SCHOOL ROLL (May 1969)47,332
SCHOOL MEDICAL INSPECTION
Routine16,747
Special4,333
Re-inspections5,712
No. of medical inspections per 1,000 pupils566
Health Surveys - comprehensive29,423
No. per 1,000 pupils622
Percentage found verminous1.3
Health Surveys - selective7,234
No. per 1,000 pupils153
Percentage found verminous3.9
Audiometry-
No. of children given sweep test9,677
No. of children given pure tone test575
No. of children referred to otologist at audiology centre92
SCHOOL MEDICAL TREATMENT
Hospital and Specialist Clinics
Vision Centres:-
Vision sessions132
Number of new cases274
Total attendances1,544
Errors of refraction and squint998
Other eye defects21
Spectacles ordered490
Orthoptic sessions6
Number of new cases8
Total attendances¡ 19
Ear, Nose and Throat Centres:-
Sessions-
Number of new cases-
Total attendances.