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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

Ealing 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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SECTION 7
SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
The School Health Service, in close co-operation with the Education Department,
was able to meet all the statutory requirements of this service. Most of our handicapped
pupils can be placed in special schools in reasonable time. The child with
two or more handicapping conditions continues to present problems of education.
As a temporary measure, home tuition is a short-term solution, but the long-term
solution occasions many difficulties. The following statistical tables and brief reports
of the specialised service reflect no great change in the pattern of recent years.

Table: ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS

ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS

Numbers Examined 196219631964
First age group2,0712,4382,531
Second age group1,9892,0171,823
Third age group3,2461,9652,316
Total7,3066,4206,670

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Classification of General Condition
Satisfactory 6,660
Unsatisfactory 10

Table: Defects requiring Treatment found at Routine Medical Inspection

Defects requiring Treatment found at Routine Medical Inspection

196219631964
Skin Diseases445478468
Defective Vision699686680
Squint364356
Defects of Hearing13597172
Middle Ear Diseases10129
Nose and Throat Diseases127148224
Speech Defects455158
Enlarged Glands5–3
Heart—Circulation conditions241226
Lung Diseases384640
Hernia21111
Postural Defects183015
Orthopaedic Foot Defects113126102
Epilepsy211

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MINOR AILMENT CLINICS
Total attendances 499
54