London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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Routine Vision Tests - Visual acuity standards expressed as percentage of children tested
| Not wearing spectacles | Wearing spectacles | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/6 | 6/9 | 6/12 or worse | Referred for treatment | 6/6 | 6/9 | 6/ 12 or worse | Referred for treatment | |
| Boys | 77.9 | 8. 6 | 6. 5 | 6. 2 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 2. 1 | 4. 5 |
| Girls | 77. 1 | 8.4 | 6. 0 | 5. 7 | 4. 3 | 2. 3 | 1.8 | 3. 2 |
No. of boys tested - 5,583; No. of girls tested - 5,324.
Health Surveys
No. examined Occasions vermin found Percentage
(a) Comprehensive 20,400 554 2.72
(b) Selective 6,99 3 479 6.85
No. of individual pupils found verminous 822
Percentage of school roll 2.43
Vermin - occasions advice and/or Lorexane given 872
occasions attendance at bathing centre 161
(c) Communicable disease - No. examined for:
Athlete's foot 1,464
Plantar warts 2,244
Other communicable diseases 36
Routine Audiometer Testing
No. of children given screening test 4,472
No. failing screening test and given pure tone test 545
No. falling pure tone test and referred to Otologist 222
School Medical Treatment Sessions
Clinic No. of premises Sessions in year New cases Attendances.
Audiology 1 84 180 608
Bathing 3 262 438 705
Ear, Nose and Throat 9 9 27 8 619
Minor ailments - Medical Officer 109 989 25,227
- Nurse 8 882 1.710
Ophthalmic 4 38 2 1,495 3,811
Orthoptic 1 89 92 364
physiotherapy 2 454 65 3,188
Special Investigation 3 168 186 1,304
Physiotherapy
No. of sessions 454
No. of new cases 65
Total attendances 3,188
Treatments - Remedial exercises 2,882
- Massage 2,761
- Ultra-violet light 424
- Infra-red 118
- Other 18
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