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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 1969

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

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Table: TABLE 58SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS

TABLE 58

SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS

Pupils on School Rolls at December, 1969
Under 5 years - full-time1,486
- part-time1,516
Infants5, 917
Juniors10,471
Seniors12, 095
Special852
Total:32,337
Recuperative Holiday Homes
Number of schoolchildren (including Nursery schoolchildren) admitted during the year196
Health Surveys
No. examinedOccasions vermin foundPercentage
(a) Comprehensive12,4603012.41
(b) Selective8,6055656.56
No. of individual pupils found verminous511
Percentage of school roll1.58
Vermin - occasions advice and/or shampoo given760
- occasions attendance at bathing centre106
(c) Communicable disease - No. examined for369
Routine Audiometer Testing
No. of children given screening test4, 520
No. failing screening test and given pure tone test259
No. failing pure tone test and referred to Otologist141
School Medical Treatment
ClinicNo. of premisesSessions in yearNew CasesAttendances
Audiology187234645
Bathing2578*6711,032
Ear, Nose and Throat-52113277
Minor ailments - Medical Officer613076716,872
- Nurse8782898
Ophthalmic43161,3452,799
Orthoptic18884205
Special Investigation31852221,489
* includes also adult sessions

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