London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Enfield 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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SCHOOL HEALTH
Table 45
Medical Inspection
Special inspections and re-inspections
| Number of special inspections (including freedom from infection examination prior to school journeys and special examination at schools, special schools, children's homes, etc.) | 5,376 |
| Number of re-inspections | 2,403 |
Table 46
Hearing tests by audiometer
(a) Routine tests in school
| Age Group | 1st Test | Failures | Of total failures number already known to have hearing loss | Re-Tests | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Both ears | one ear | Total | |||||
| right | left | ||||||
| Entrants | 5,652 | 95 | 64 | 70 | 229 | 34 | 938 |
| 8-9 years | 2,648 | 63 | 30 | 36 | 129 | 61 | 496 |
| 12-13 years | 3,003 | 38 | 15 | 25 | 78 | 48 | 311 |
| Total | 11,303 | 196 | 109 | 131 | 436 | 143 | 1,745 |
| (b) Special tests in clinics | |||||||
| Age Group | 1 st T est | Failures | Of total failures number already known to have hearing loss | Re-Tests | |||
| Both ears | one ear | Total | |||||
| right | left | ||||||
| Pre-School | 51 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 2 | 8 |
| School Children | 475 | 121 | 46 | 56 | 223 | 38 | 197 |
| Total | 526 | 135 | 53 | 65 | 253 | 40 | 205 |
No. of children in schools (excluding special schools for
the deaf or partially hearing) who have hearing aids 55
99