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
City of Westminster 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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TABLE 46.—School Health
| Estimated school population aged 5 to 14 | 19,300 |
| Routine medical inspections—Number of children seen | 8,796 |
| Special medical inspections—Number of children seen | 3,275 |
| Comprehensive surveys—Number of children seen | 22,094 |
| Selective health surveys—Number of children seen | 10,266 |
| Communicable disease health surveys—Number of children seen | 23,162 |
| Total number of attendances at vision clinics | 4,438 |
| Number of new cases | 1,472 |
| Total number of attendances at clinics | 322 |
| Number of new cases | 150 |
| Total number of attendances at clinics | 501 |
| Number of new cases | 131 |
| Total number of attendances at clinics | 15,115 |
| Number of new cases | 4,992 |
| Number of children given sweep test | 4,359 |
| Number of children given pure tone test | 243 |
| Number of children referred to otologist | 77 |
| Total number of attendances at clinics | 4,378 |
| Number of new cases | 1,345 |
| Main defects treated: | |
| Athlete's foot | 219 |
| Verrucae | 725 |
| Total number of attendances | 421 |
| —for vermin and nits | 267 |
| —scabies and other skin conditions | 100 |
| —for minor ailments | 54 |
TABLE 47.—Tuberculin Test and B.C.G. Vaccination
Number of persons vaccinated through the Authority's approved arrangements under Section 28 of the National Health Service Act.
| A. Contacts | |
| (i) Number of skin tested | 570 |
| (ii) Number found positive | 350 |
| (iii) Number found negative | 220 |
| (iv) Number vaccinated | 190 |
| B. School Children and Students | |
| (i) Number of skin tested | 1,101 |
| (ii) Number found positive | 113 |
| (iii) Number found negative | 988 |
| (iv) Number vaccinated | 988 |