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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

Barnet 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet]

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Table: TREATMENT OF PUPILS ATTENDING MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS (including Nursery and Special Schools)

TREATMENT OF PUPILS ATTENDING MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS (including Nursery and Special Schools)

GROUP 1:Eye Diseases (e.g. blepharitis, conjunctivitis), Defective Vision and Squint (a) External & other, excluding errors of refraction & squintNo. of cases known to have been treated
8
(b) Errors of refraction, including squint2,526
TOTAL:2,534
(c) No. of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed881
GROUP 2:Diseases and Defects of Ear, Nose and Throat Received ope rative treatment for: (a) Diseases of the ear-
(b) Adenoids and Chronic Tonsilitis36
(c) Other nose and throat conditions7
Received other forms of treatment-
TOTAL:43
Total No. of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids:
(a) in 196813
(b) in previous years72
GROUP 3:Orthopaedic & Postural Defects No. of pupils known to have been treated in clinics or at out-patients departments-
GROUP 4:Diseases of the skin (excluding uncleanliness) Ringworm (i) scalp1
(ii) body-
Scabies13
Impetigo10
Other skin diseases-
TOTAL:24
GROUP 5:Child Guidance Treatment No. of pupils treated at Child Guidance Clinics266
GROUP 6:Speech Therapy No. of pupils treated by speech therapists561
GROUP 7:Other Treatment given: (excl. B.C.G. vaccination) (a) Minor ailments26
(b) Convalescent treatment under School Health Service arrangements30
TOTAL:56

Table: Education Act 1944 - Section 57

Education Act 1944 - Section 57

Cases dealt with under Section 57, Education Act, 19443
Cases de-notified under Section 57(a) Education Act, 1944Nil