Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Haringey]
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SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE STATISTICS 1966
PUPILS FOUND TO REQUIRE TREATMENT AT MEDICAL INSPECTION
Number of Individual Pupils found at periodic medical inspections to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin)
Year of Birth | For defective vision (excluding squint) | For any of the other conditions recorded | Total individual Pupils | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1962 & Later | - | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||
1961 | 25 | 39 | 61 | ||||||||||
1960 | 66 | 169 | 207 | ||||||||||
1959 | 56 | 57 | 108 | ||||||||||
1958 | 170 | 152 | 296 | ||||||||||
1957 | 111 | 93 | 185 | ||||||||||
1956 | 21 | 11 | 25 | ||||||||||
1955 | 104 | 71 | 133 | ||||||||||
1954 | 88 | 56 | 137 | ||||||||||
1953 | 44 | 34 | 69 | ||||||||||
1952 | 32 | 27 | 53 | ||||||||||
1951 & earlier | 571 | 237 | 745 | ||||||||||
Total | 1288 | 953 | 2026 | ||||||||||
Defect Code No. | Defect or Disease | Periodic Inspections | Special inspections | ||||||||||
Entrants | Leavers | Total including all other age groups inspected | |||||||||||
T | 0 | T | O | T | O | T | O | ||||||
4 | Skin | 27 | 45 | 84 | 60 | 224 | 210 | 529 | 28 | ||||
5 | Eyes (a) Vision | 91 | 82 | 603 | 87 | 1288 | 409 | 285 | 120 | ||||
(b) Squint | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 3 | - | |||||
(c) Other | 6 | 7 | 9 | - | 31 | 15 | 39 | 4 | |||||
6 | Ears (a) Hearing | 8 | 27 | 6 | 25 | 42 | 175 | 76 | 82 | ||||
(b) Otitis Media | 2 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 65 | 8 | 2 | |||||
(c) Other | 5 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 43 | 65 | 8 | |||||
7 | Nose and Throat | 39 | 183 | 26 | 56 | 114 | 457 | 71 | 53 | ||||
8 | Speech | 14 | 36 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 74 | 37 | 11 | ||||
9 | Lymphatic Glands | 1 | 69 | - | 12 | 2 | 161 | 3 | 6 | ||||
10 | Heart | 3 | 33 | 8 | 29 | 15 | 105 | 15 | 13 | ||||
11 | Lungs | 4 | 50 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 171 | 9 | 35 | ||||
12 | Developmental: | ||||||||||||
(a) Hernia | 1 | 12 | - | 1 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 3 | |||||
(b) Other | 7 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 121 | 15 | 32 | |||||
13 | Orthopaedic: | ||||||||||||
(a) Posture | 1 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 17 | 76 | 5 | 8 | |||||
(b) Feet | 48 | 69 | 83 | 46 | 238 | 247 | 45 | 46 | |||||
(c) Other | 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 52 | 13 | |||||
14 | Nervous System: | ||||||||||||
(a) Epilepsy | - | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 4 | |||||
(b) Other | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 21 | 12 | |||||
15 | Psychological: | ||||||||||||
(a) Development | 4 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 46 | 68 | 25 | |||||
(b) StabiIity | 16 | 89 | 4 | 24 | 38 | 245 | 47 | 45 | |||||
16 | Abdomen | 2 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 59 | 2 | 6 | ||||
17 | Other | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 200 | 23 |
T - Requiring Treatment O - Requiring Observation
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