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Total number of attendances 586
Transferred or left the district 21
Number of sessions 141
Number on waiting list at 31.12.72 Nil
DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
Number of cases known to have been dealt with
Received operative treatment:-
(a) for diseases of the ear —
(b) for adenoids and chronic tonsilitis 452
(c) for other nose and throat conditions 321
Total 773
Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided
with hearing aids:-
(a) during 1972 21
(b) in previous years 85
ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS
Number known to have been treated
(a) Pupils treated at clinics or out-patients 112
(b) Pupils treated at school for postural defects -
112
ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC
The Clinic is situated at Bromley North and caters for the surrounding population. Other parts of the area
are covered by various Hospital Out-patient Departments. The attendances continued to be good and the Clinic is
held according to need, which is approximately once a month.
PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC
Cases are treated at the Bromley North and Beckenham Town Hall Clinics and at Hospital Out-patient Departments.
The majority of cases attending for treatment were referred direct from the Orthopaedic Consultant. Cases
of general debility were referred to the Clinics for a course of sunlight.
A total of 899 attendances was made at the two Clinics and of these 753 were for remedial exercises,
etc., and 146 for sunlight.
DISEASES OF THE SKIN (excluding uncleanliness)
Number of pupils known to have been treated
Ringworm — (a) Scalp —
(b) Body —
Scabies 12
Impetigo —
Other skin diseases 181
193
100