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Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided
with hearing aids:-
(a) in 1970 11
(b) in previous years 71
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 86
(b) at school for postural defects 12
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) 24
(b) Errors of refraction (including squint) 1,191
(c) Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed 644
DISEASES OF THE SKIN
(excluding uncleanliness)
Pupils known to have been treated
Ringworm:
(a) scalp -
(b) body
Scabies 1
Impetigo 14
Other (plantar warts, etc.) 942
957
70