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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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Audiometer Tests - Specials
| Age | 1st Tests | Re-tests | Failures | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| both ears | one ear | Total | % of Column 1 | ||||
| right | left | ||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | |
| Under 5 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 76.5 |
| 5 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 72.7 |
| 6 | 31 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 67.7 |
| 7 | 33 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 54.5 |
| 8 | 18 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 77.8 |
| 9 | 12 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 75.0 |
| 10 | 8 | 23 | 2 | - | 3 | 5 | 62.5 |
| 11 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 65.7 |
| 12 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 64.3 |
| 13 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 55.6 |
| 14 | 5 | 13 | 4 | - | 1 | 5 | 100.0 |
| Over 14 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 73.7 |
| Totals | 237 | 316 | 86 | 35 | 40 | 161 | 67.9 |
Audiology Unit
Dr. L. Fisch, Consultant Otologist, continued to devote two
sessions each week to seeing children at the audiology unit, at times
assisted by Dr. G. S. Udall, Senior Lecturer in Child Health at
St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and at other times by the
Deputy Area Medical Officer. The table below shows the number
and type of cases seen.
The opening of a new audiology unit at Neasden made it possible
to transfer a number of cases there and so lighten the load on the
Tottenham unit. Miss Evans, one of the peripatetic teachers, now
works from Neasden and the case load of Miss Abbott, the remaining
teacher, has become so large that she is unable to devote as much'
time as is necessary to each case. It is hoped that an additional
peripatetic teacher will be appointed.
A two-day course for health visitors on the early detection
of deafness was held during the year.
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