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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 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: AUDIOLOGY CLINICNumbers attending Croydon Day Schools and Pre-School ChildrenWith hearing sufficiently impaired to require regular supervision:

AUDIOLOGY CLINIC

Numbers attending Croydon Day Schools and Pre-School Children

With hearing sufficiently impaired to require regular supervision:

Primary School Pupils29
Secondary School Pupils12
Pre-School Pupils5
Total46
Pure Tone Audiometer Tests. (Excluding Sweep Test Failures).
(a) Tested for the first time278
(b) Tested as a review case305
Total583
Auditory Training
46 individual children received regular auditory training during the year. Number of attendance sessions:
(a) At the Audiology Clinic105
(b) At home or school186
Total291
Sweep Testing of Five year Old School Entrants
Number of Schools visited59
Number of children tested6,528
Number of children passed4,698
Number of children failed540
Number of children to be re-tested769
Number of children not tested523
(absent or unco-operative)
The failures were re-assessed as follows:
No hearing loss173
Slight hearing loss133
Moderate hearing loss176
Moderately severe hearing loss19
Severe hearing loss3
Failed to keep appointments21
Left district8
Waiting to be tested7
Total540
Issue of Hearing Aids
(a) National Health Service 'Medresco' Aids5
(b) Commercial Aids bought by Croydon L.E.A.6
Total11
4 children under school age are using hearing aids.