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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

Leyton 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: Specialist Clinics—Ear, Nose and Throat:

Specialist Clinics—Ear, Nose and Throat:

Number of sessions21
Total attendances287
New cases seen97163
First visit during 195666
Follow-up visits124
Referred for hearing survey25
Other cases defective hearing22
Referred for pure tone audiometry20
Hearing aids issued1
Hearing improved with treatment17
Hearing restored with treatment6
Hearing still impaired after treatment8

Table: Referred for operation:

Referred for operation:

Mastoidectomy1
Tonsils and adenoids21
Adenoidectomy only4
Bilateral antral lavage12
Admitted to hospital from clinic4
E.U.A.1

Table: Speech Clinic:

Speech Clinic:

BoysGirlsTotal
Number of children at present undergoing treatment612384
Number of children discharged during 1956151126
Number of cases treated daily (average)15
Number of homes visited36
Number of School Departments visited31
Number of parents interviewed120
Number of children referred to other clinics8
Number of new cases43
Number of children re-admitted1
Number of children who left before cured or discharged12
Total number of attendances2,337
Number of children referred who were found not to require treatment-
Number of children under observation but not attending91

Table: Child Guidance Clinic:

Child Guidance Clinic:

Number of cases referred to the Clinic60
Number of cases diagnosed at the Clinic32
(a) Psychiatrists:
Diagnostic interviews32
Cases taken on for treatment28
Treatment interviews144
Other interviews6*
No. of Psychiatric sessions per week4½*