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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table 49.—School Health
| Estimated school population aged 5 to 14 | 21,840 |
| Routine medical inspections—Number of children seen | 8,459 |
| Special medical inspections—Number of children seen | 3,042 |
| Comprehensive surveys—Number of children seen | 18,719 |
| Selective health surveys—Number of children seen | 8,665 |
| Communicable disease health surveys—Number of children seen | 24,179 |
| 'Total number of attendances at vision clinics | 4,466 |
| Number of new cases | 1,303 |
| 'Total number of attendances at clinics | 341 |
| Number of new cases | 176 |
| 'Total number of attendances at clinics | 496 |
| Number of new cases | 99 |
| Total number of attendances at clinic | 17,314 |
| Number of new cases | 6,187 |
| Number of children given sweep test | 4,571 |
| Number of children given pure tone test | 555 |
| Number of children referred to otologist | 187 |
| Total number of attendances at clinics | 3,249 |
| Number of new cases | 889 |
| Main defects treated: | |
| Athlete's foot | 89 |
| Verrucae | 627 |
| Total number of attendances | 257 |
| —for vermin and nits | 141 |
| —scabies and other skin conditions | 94 |
| —for minor ailments | 22 |
* Specialist Clinics in City Council area only; some children attend hospitals
elsewhere.
Table 50.—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 | 598 |
| (ii) Number found positive | 308 |
| (iii) Number found negative | 290 |
| (iv) Number vaccinated | 231 |
B. School Children and Students
| (i) Number of skin tested | 1,664 |
| (ii) Number found positive | 312 |
| (iii) Number found negative | 1,352 |
| (iv) Number vaccinated | 1,352 |