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Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided
with hearing aids:-
(a) in 1969 6
(b) in previous years 83
ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS
An Orthopaedic Consultant attends monthly at Leys Clinic where a wholetime
physiotherapist is also in attendance.
Pupils known to have been treated
(a) at clinics or out-patient departments 211
(b) at school for postural defects 14
EYE DISEASES, DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT
Ophthalmic Specialists of the Regional Hospital Board attended weekly
at Central, Porters Avenue and Becontree Avenue Clinics.
Pupils known to have been treated
(a) External eye diseases and other (excluding errors of
refraction and squint) 23
(b) Errors of refraction (including squint) l,393
(c) Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed 979
ENURESIS CLINIC
The statistics relating to the work of this clinic are as follows:-
Appointments made Attendances
New patients 45 44
Old patients 28 21
Total 73 65
DISEASES OF THE SKIN
(excluding uncleanliness)
Pupils known to have been treated
Ringworm:
(a) scalp -
(b) body 1
Scabies 8
Impetigo 21
Other (plantar warts, etc.) 929
939
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