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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 41
(b) Errors of refraction, including squint 1443
(c) Number of pupils for whom spectacles were
prescribed. 771
GROUP 2 - DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE
AND THROAT
Received operative treatment for:-
(a) Diseases of the ear 1
(b) Adenoids and Chronic Tonsilitis 164
(c) Other nose and throat conditions 37
Received other forms of treatment 259
Total number of pupils in schools known to
have been provided with hearing aids:
(a) During the current year 8
(b) In previous years (excluding any pupils
shown at (a) above who were provided with
an aid in a previous year. 139
GROUP 3 - ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS
Number of pupils known to have been treated;
at clinics or at out-patients departments 704
GROUP 4 DISEASES OF THE SKIN (EXCLUDING UNCLEANLINESS)
Ringworm (i) Scalp 1
(ii) Body -
Scabies 2
Impetigo 11
Other skin diseases 425
GROUP 5 - CHILD GUIDANCE TREATMENT
Treated at child guidance clinics (including cases
sent to the Tavistock and other hospital clinics) 123
GROUP 6 - SPEECH THERAPY
Treated by speech therapists 171
GROUP 7 - OTHER TREATMENT GIVEN
(a) Minor Ailments 124
(b) Treatment other than (a) above and excluding
convalescent treatment 217
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