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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 1970

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

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Table: SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS FOR YEAR 1970

SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS FOR YEAR 1970

SCHOOL ROLL (May 1970)47,473
SCHOOL MEDICAL INSPECTION
Routine16,811
Special4,054
Re-inspections6,436
No. of medical inspections per 1,000 pupils575
Health Surveys — comprehensive37,942
No. per 1,000 pupils799
Percentage found verminous1.5
Health Surveys - selective9,092
No. per 1,000 pupils192
Percentage found verminous7.2
Audiometry -
No. of children given sweep test6,728
No. of children given pure tone test648
No. of children referred to otologist at audiology centre163
SCHOOL MEDICAL TREATMENT
Hospital and Specialist Clinics
Vision Centres:
Vision sessions188
Number of new cases413
Total attendances2,610
Errors of refraction and squint1,328
Other eye defects7
Spectacles ordered697
Orthoptic sessions35
Number of new cases39
Total attendances68
Ear, Nose and Throat Centres:
Sessions—
Number of new cases—
Total attendances—