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 Willesden]
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Table 77
Pupils found at periodic medical inspection who have undergone tonsillectomy
Year of birth | Number of pupils inspected | Number who have undergone tonsillectomy at any time | Percentage of those inspected found to have had tonsillectomy | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |
1954 and later | 108 | 101 | 7 | 7 | 6.5 | 6.9 |
1953 | 709 | 643 | 50 | 41 | 7.1 | 6.4 |
1952 | 247 | 221 | 20 | 26 | 8.1 | 11.8 |
1951 | 180 | 166 | 13 | 17 | 7.2 | 10.2 |
1950 | 727 | 704 | 144 | 136 | 19.8 | 19.4 |
1949 | 63 | 73 | 15 | 14 | 23.8 | 19.2 |
1948 | 1,011 | 929 | 216 | 213 | 21.4 | 22.9 |
1947 | 101 | 108 | 27 | 20 | 26.7 | 18.5 |
1946 | 92 | 142 | 27 | 23 | 29.3 | 16.2 |
1945 | 105 | 176 | 33 | 42 | 31.4 | 23.9 |
1944 | 331 | 335 | 83 | 91 | 25.1 | 27.1 |
1943 and earlier | 929 | 874 | 233 | 210 | 25.1 | 24.0 |
Totals | 4,603 | 4,472 | 868 | 840 | 18.9 | 18.8 |
Table 78
Orthoptics— Cases seen at Pound Lane Clinic
Total No. of cases seen | No. of new cases | Placed on operation waiting list | Discharged cured | Failed to attend | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Orthoptic | Cosmetic | ||||
75 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
Table 79
Audiometry: Children Tested
Year | Total tested | Absentees | Failure | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Both ears | One ear | |||||
L. | R. | |||||
1957 | 4,684 | 537 | 37 | 37 | 32 | 106 |
1958 | 4,347 | 488 | 64 | 66 | 38 | 168 |