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 65
Treatments : School Health Service
Number of cases known to have been dealt with | |||
---|---|---|---|
(a) External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint | 42 | ||
(b) Errors of refraction (including squint) Totals | 1963 | 1,498 | |
1,540 | |||
1962 | 1,500 | ||
(c) Number of pupils for whom spectacles were pre | |||
scribed Totals | 1963 | 437 | |
1962 | 456 | ||
Received operative treatment for : | |||
(a) diseases of the ear | — | ||
(b) adenoids and chronic tonsillitis | 46 | ||
(c) other nose and throat conditions | 5 | ||
Received other forms of treatment | 109 | ||
Totals | 1963 | 160 | |
1962 | 217 | ||
Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids : | |||
(a) during the current year | 8 | ||
(b) in previous years (excluding any pupils shown at | |||
(a) above who were provided with an aid in the previous year) | |||
2 | |||
Number of pupils known to have been treated at | |||
clinics or at outpatients departments | 1963 | 600 | |
1962 | 655 | ||
Ringworm (i) Scalp | 1 | ||
(ii) Body | 1 | ||
Scabies | 15 | ||
Impetigo | 13 | ||
Other skin diseases | 139 | ||
Totals | 1963 | 169 | |
1962 | 170 | ||
Number of pupils treated at child guidance clinics | |||
under arrangements made by the County Council | |||
(including children sent to the Tavistock and other | |||
hospital clinics under arrangements made by the | 612 | ||
County Council) | 1963 | ||
1962 | 173 | ||
(vi) Speech Therapy | |||
Number of pupils treated by speech therapists under | |||
arrangements made by the authority 1963 | 278 | ||
1962 | 340 | ||
(a) Number of miscellaneous minor ailments treated | |||
by the County Council | 622 | ||
(b) Treatment other than (a) above and excluding convalescent treatment: | |||
1. Lymphatic glands | - | ||
2. Heart | _ | ||
3. Lungs | 67 | ||
4. Developmental | (a) Hernia | - | |
(b) Other | _ | ||
5. Nervous system | (a) Epilepsy | - | |
(b) Other | 9 | ||
6. Psychological | (a) Development | 11 | |
(b) Stability | 52 | ||
7. Abdomen | 1 | ||
8. Other | 60 | ||
Totals | 1963 1962 | 822 | |
737 |