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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TREATMENT OF PUPILS ATTENDING MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS (INCLUDING NURSERY AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS)
Number of cases known to have been treated | |
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GROUP 1 Eye Diseases (e.g. blepharitis, conjunctivitis) | |
Defective vision and squint | |
(a) External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint | 336 |
(b) Errors of refraction, including squint | 3,156 |
TOTAL | 3,492 |
(c) Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed | 1,128 |
GROUP 2 Diseases and Defects of Ear, Nose and Throat | |
Received operative treatment for:— | |
(a) Diseases of the ear | 3 |
(b) Adenoids and Chronic Tonsilitis | 47 |
(c) Other nose and throat conditions | — |
Received other forms of treatment | 356 |
TOTAL | 406 |
Total number of pupils still on the register of schools at 31 | |
December 1971 provided with hearing aids: | |
(a) During the current year | 19 |
(b) In previous years (excluding any pupils shown at (a) above | |
who were provided with an aid in a previous year) | 49 |
GROUP 3 Orthopaedic and Postural Defects | |
Number of pupils known to have been treated at clinics or at | |
out-patients departments | 542 |
GROUP 4 Diseases of the skin (excluding uncleanliness) | |
Ringworm (i) Scalp | 8 |
(ii) Body | 6 |
Scabies | 11 |
Impetigo | 33 |
Other skin diseases | 1,089 |
TOTAL | 1,147 |
GROUP 5 Child Guidance Treatment | |
Number of pupils treated at child guidance clinics (including | |
cases sent to the Tavistock and other hospital clinics) | 635 |
GROUP 6 Speech Therapy | |
Number of pupils treated by speech therapists | 445 |
GROUP 7 Other Treatment given | |
(a) Number of miscellaneous minor ailments treated by the | |
Council | 329 |
(b) Pupils who received convalescent treatment under School | |
Health Service arrangements | 2 |
(c) Pupils who received BCG vaccination | 1,888 |
(d) Treatment other than (a) (b) and (c) above | 528 |