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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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TABLE 58
| No. examined | Occasions vermin found | Percentage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Comprehensive | 22,639 | 759 | 3.35 | ||
| (b) Selective | 13,726 | 743 | 5.41 | ||
| No. of individual pupils found verminous | ... | 356 | |||
| Percentage of school roll | ... | 1.09 | |||
| Vermin - occasions advice and/or shampoo given | ... | 1,326 | |||
| - occasions attendance at bathing centre | ... | 176 | |||
| (c) Communicable disease - No. examined for | ... | 1,462 | |||
| Routine Audiometer Testing | |||||
| No. of children given screening test | 3, 852 | ||||
| No. failing screening test and given pure tone test | ... | 205 | |||
| No. failing pure tone test and referred to Otologist | ... | 114 | |||
| School Medical Treatment | |||||
| Clinic | No. of premises | Sessions in year | New Cases | Attendances | |
| Audiology | 1 | 93 | 224 | 650 | |
| Bathing | 2 | 578* | 801 | 1, 176 | |
| Minor ailments - Medical Officer | 6 | 134 | 661 | 17,379 | |
| - Nurse | 8 | 753 | 994 | ||
| Ophthalmic | 4 | 293 | 1,230 | 3,011 | |
| Orthoptic | 1 | 80 | 101 | 172 | |
| Special investigation | 3 | 141 | 121 | 1,126 | |
| *includes also adult sessions | |||||
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