London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Barnet 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet]

This page requires JavaScript

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)

No. of cases known to have been treated
GROUP 1:Eye Diseases (e.g. blepharitis, conjunctivitis), Defective Vision and Squint (a) External & other, excluding errors of refraction 8s squint30
(b) Errors of refraction, including squint2,590
TOTAL:2,620
(c) No. of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed758
GROUP 2:Diseases and Defects of Ear, Nose and Throat Received ope rative treatment for:
(a) Diseases of the ear3
(b) Adenoids and Chronic Tonsillitis17
(c) Other nose and throat conditions2
Received other forms of treatment—
TOTAL:22
Total No. of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids:
(a) in 197015
(b) in previous years76
GROUP 3:Orthopaedic 8s 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) body5
Scabies16
Impetigo2
Other skin diseases—
TOTAL:24
GROUP 5:Child Guidance Treatment No. of pupils treated at Child Guidance Clinics229
GROUP 6:Speech Therapy No. of pupils treated by speech therapists572
GROUP 7:Other Treatment given: (excl. B.C.G. vaccination) (a) Minor ailments60
(b) Convalescent treatment under School Health Service arrangements5
TOTAL:65

Text

Copy text to clipboard

Education Act 1944 — Section 57
Cases dealt with under Section 57, Education Act, 1944 1
Cases de-notified under Section 57(a) Education Act, 1944 Nil
127