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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

Croydon 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Auditory Training73 individual children received regular auditory training during the year. Number of attendance sessions:

Auditory Training

73 individual children received regular auditory training during the year. Number of attendance sessions:

(a) At the Audiology Clinic182
(b) At home or school243
Total425

Table: Sweep Testing of five year old school entrants:

Sweep Testing of five year old school entrants:

Number of schools visited41
Number of children tested4,383
Number of children passed3,727
Number of children failed473
Number of children to be re-tested183
Number of children not tested (absent or unco-operative)318

Table: The failures were re-assessed as follows:

The failures were re-assessed as follows:

No hearing loss56
Negligible hearing loss27
Slight hearing loss105
Moderate hearing loss146
Moderately severe hearing loss48
Severe hearing loss4
Failed to keep appointment42
Left district11
Waiting to be re-tested34
Total473

Table: Issue of Hearing Aids

Issue of Hearing Aids

(a) National Health Service "Medresco" Aids14
(b) Commercial Aids bought by Croydon L.E.A.3
Total17

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14 children under school age are using hearing aids.