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TREATMENT OF PUPILS ATTENDING MAINTAINED
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
(including Nursery and Special Schools)
Number of cases
known to have
been treated
GROUP 1 - EYE DISEASES (e.g. blepharitis, conjunctivitis),
DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT.
(a) External and other, excluding errors of refraction
and squint 39
(b) Errors of refraction (including squint) 817
(c) Number of cases for whom spectacles were
prescribed 410
GROUP 2 - DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE
AND THROAT
Received operative treatment for adenoids and
chronic tonsillitis 191
Received other forms of treatment 149
Total number of pupils in schools who are known to
have been provided with hearing aids:
(a) During the current year 15
(b) In previous years 5
GROUP 3 - ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS
Treated at clinics or out-patient departments 309
GROUP 4 - DISEASES OF THE SKIN (EXCLUDING UNCLEANUNESS)
Impetigo 16
Other skin diseases 343
GROUP 5 - CHILD GUIDANCE TREATMENT
Treated at child guidance clinics (including cases
sent to the Tavistock and other hospital clinics) 59
GROUP 6 - SPEECH THERAPY
Treated by speech therapists 117
GROUP 7 - OTHER TREATMENT GIVEN
(a) Minor Ailments 273
(b) Treatment other than (a) above and excluding con-
valescent treatment 13
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