Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS FOR YEAR 1969
SCHOOL ROLL (May 1969) | 47,332 |
SCHOOL MEDICAL INSPECTION | |
Routine | 16,747 |
Special | 4,333 |
Re-inspections | 5,712 |
No. of medical inspections per 1,000 pupils | 566 |
Health Surveys - comprehensive | 29,423 |
No. per 1,000 pupils | 622 |
Percentage found verminous | 1.3 |
Health Surveys - selective | 7,234 |
No. per 1,000 pupils | 153 |
Percentage found verminous | 3.9 |
Audiometry- | |
No. of children given sweep test | 9,677 |
No. of children given pure tone test | 575 |
No. of children referred to otologist at audiology centre | 92 |
SCHOOL MEDICAL TREATMENT | |
Hospital and Specialist Clinics | |
Vision Centres:- | |
Vision sessions | 132 |
Number of new cases | 274 |
Total attendances | 1,544 |
Errors of refraction and squint | 998 |
Other eye defects | 21 |
Spectacles ordered | 490 |
Orthoptic sessions | 6 |
Number of new cases | 8 |
Total attendances | ¡ 19 |
Ear, Nose and Throat Centres:- | |
Sessions | - |
Number of new cases | - |
Total attendances | . |