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1959 1960
Number of new cases 151 194
Number of re-inspections 213 398
Total attendances 364 592
Medical treatment advised 174 306
Surgical treatment advised 95 87
Audiometry Report
1958 1959 1960
Number of schools visited 32 49 54
Number of children tested 5 498 7 451 6,338
Number of children with hearing loss 193 271 289
Number referred to E.N,T. Specialist 53 104 101
FOOT HEALTH
We have during the year continued our comprehensive
system of foot inspections and the figures reveal a very
consistent pattern.
The cases of verrucae remain pretty much the same as
in previous years, the condition responds to treatment,
but it can be very time consuming necessitating return
visits to chiropody sessions.
Our efforts to persuade the senior schoolgirls to
adopt a more sensible type of footwear have proved unavail
ing and in the opinion of the school nurse carrying out
inspections, no less than 2,438 children were found to be
wearing shoes which were in some respects unsatisfactory.
Hitherto the wearing of unsatisfactory shoes has been
largely confined to the senior girls, but with the introduction
of J,Italian*' style shoes for boys we may find
that the incidence of Hallux Valgus will increase. There
has already been a slight increase but it is too early to
decide whether this is related to the extended use of
shoes with pointed toes.
The figures given below relate to the special foot
inspections carried out at all schools and does not include
foot-skin defects found at routine medical examinations.
Foot Inspection - Defects
Total number examined 10,929
Referred to Medical Officer 234
Referred to Chiropodist 122
Verrucae 102
Defective shoes 2,438
Everted Ankles 189