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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 1972

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: AUDIO1OGY C1INIC

AUDIO1OGY C1INIC

Numbers attending Croydon Day Schoo1s and Pre-Schoo1 Chi1dren
(a) With hearing sufficient1y impaired to require regu1ar supervision:
Pre-Schoo1 Pupi1s7
Primary Schoo1 Pupi1s22
Secondary Schoo1 Pupi1sNI1
29
(b) With a hearing 1oss requiring occasiona1 supervision.
Pre-Schoo1 Pupi1sNI1
Primary Schoo1 Pupi1s16
Secondary Schoo1 PupiIs16
32
Pure Tone Audiometer Tests (Exc1uding Sweep Test Fai1ures).
(a) Tested for the first time364
(b) Tested as a review case327
691
Sweep Testing of Five Year O1d Schoo1 Entrants.
Number of schoo1s visited72
Number of chi1dren tested8,564
Number of chi1dren passed7,011
Number of chiIdren fai1ed786
Number of chi1dren to be re-tested767
Number of chi1dren not tested (absent or unco-operative)501
The fai1ures were re-assessed as fo11ows:
No hearing 1oss116
S1ight hearing 1oss282
Moderate hearing 1oss241
Moderate1y severe hearing 1oss42
Severe hearing 1oss7
Fai1ed to keep appointments42
1eft district21
Waiting to be tested35
Issue of Hearing Aids
(a) Nationa1 Hea1th Service 'Medresco' aids2
(b) Commercia1 aids bought by Croydon 1.E.A.10
12
7 chi1dren under schoo1 age are using hearing aids.