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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

Tower Hamlets 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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Table: TABLE 54 SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS

TABLE 54 SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS

School Medical Inspections
Routine14,494
Special5,149
Reinspections4,730
Number of medical inspections per 1, 000 population, age 5-14852
Health Surveys-comprehensive21,563
„ „ selective7,818
„ „ communicable diseases4,578
Audiometry
Number of children given sweep test4,178
Number of children given pure tone test604
Number of children referred to otologist at audiology centre202
School Medical Treatment
Hospital and Specialist Clinics Vision centres
Vision sessions417
Number of new cases1,808
Number per 1, 000 population, age 5-1463
Total attendances4,332
Errors of refraction and squint2,481
Other eye defects79
Spectacles ordered1,089
Orthoptic sessions84
Number of new cases61
Total attendances281
Ear, nose and throat centres
Sessions92
Number of new cases183
Total attendances606
Local Authority Clinics Audiology centres
Sessions22
Number of new cases45
Total attendances141