Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS | |||||
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Pupils on School Rolls | |||||
1,168 | |||||
part-time | 1,407 | ||||
Infants | 6, 902 | ||||
Juniors | 10,275 | ||||
Seniors | 11, 327 | ||||
Special | 979 | ||||
Total; | 32,058 | ||||
Recuperative Holiday Homes | |||||
Number of schoolchildren (including Nursery schoolchildren) | |||||
admitted during the year | 333 | ||||
Health Surveys | |||||
No. examined | Occasions vermin found Percentage | ||||
(a) Comprehensive | 22,781 | 786 | 3.45 | ||
(b) Selective | 15, 603 | 1,455 | 9.38 | ||
No. of individual pupils found verminous | 1, 181 | ||||
Percentage of school roll | 3.68 | ||||
Vermin - occasions advice and/or shampoo given | 1, 951 | ||||
- occasions attendance at bathing centre | 290 | ||||
(c) Communicable disease - No. examined for | 1,420 | ||||
Routine Audiometer Testing | |||||
No. of children given screening test | 3, 567 | ||||
No. failing screening test and given pure tone test | 270 | ||||
No. failing pure tone test and referred to Otologist | ... | 157 | |||
School Medical Treatment | |||||
Clinic | No. of premises | Sessions in year | New Cases | Attendances | |
Audiology | 1 | 80 | 165 | 453 | |
Bathing | 2 | 576* | 1, 092 | 1,736 | |
Minor ailments - Medical Officer | 4 | 68 | 532) | ||
- Nurse | 8 | 771 | 898) | ||
Ophthalmic | 4 | 254 | 1,564 | 2, 955 | |
Orthoptic | 1 | 76 | 49 | 139 | |
Special investigation | 3 | 192 | 148 | 1,401 | |
*includes also adult sessions |