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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 1967

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

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Table: TABLE 59 (continued)

TABLE 59 (continued)

Not wearing spectaclesWearing spectacles
6/66/96/12 or worseReferred for treatment6/66/96/12 or worseReferred for treatment
Boys80.47.25. 55.53.51.81. 64. 5
Girls78. 87.75.35.24. 02.12. 14.5
No. of boys tested- 5, 852No. of girls tested -4, 857
Health Surveys
No. examinedOccasions vermin foundPercentage
(a) Comprehensive15,6563302.10
(b) Selective8,1085877.24
No. of individual pupils found verminous434
Percentage of school roll1.29
Vermin - occasions advice and/or Lorexane given781
- occasions attendance at bathing centre136
(c) Communicable disease - No. examined for:
Athlete's foot9,134
Plantar warts9,134
Other communicable diseases274
Routine Audiometer Testing
No. of children given screening test3,685
No. failing screening test and given pure tone test343
No. failing pure tone test and referred to Otologist176
School Medical Treatment
ClinicNo. of premisesSessions in yearNew casesAttendances
Audiology190199569
Bathing2590*6101,140
Ear, Nose and Throat83241558
Minor ailments- Medical Officer810589219,246
- Nurse8781,352
Ophthalmic43101,2863,222
Orthoptic18676296
Physiotherapy2416533,287
Special Investigation31772351,663
Physiotherapy treatments
- Remedial exercises3,220
- Massage3, 161
- Ultra-violet light182
- Infra- red96
* includes also adult sessions

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