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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

Hornsey 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: AUDIOLOGY UNIT 1962

AUDIOLOGY UNIT 1962

Age groups of cases seen:-
Age in years0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-
New cases2571322211624241314
Re-examinations-2149112019208
Age in years10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17+Totals
New cases14141797321246
Re-examinations8111227621143

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Number of cases seen:-
Pre-school children 97
Attending Infant and Junior Schools 214
Attending Senior Schools 74
Over five but not at school 4
Reasons for referrals among new children were as follows:-
For diagnosis 202
Auditory training 1
Immigrants to Area known to be deaf 1
Partially deaf children, advice as to
placement 4
Children known to be deaf -
application for admission to Blanche
Nevile School or partially deaf units 2
Transfer from hospital out-patient
departments or E. N. T. clinics 26
To ensure that deafness is not the
cause of backwardness or
ineducability 10
Source of referrals:-
Tottenham and Hornsey 145
Other boroughs in Middlesex 99
Hertfordshire 2
91