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 Kingston-upon-Thames]
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160
Recommendations by school medical officers
in the first instance:
(i) No action required 41
(ii) For observation only 60
(iii) Refer to audiology clinic 16
(iv) Refer to general practitioner 5
(v) Refer to ear, nose and throat
consultant 10
There were 54 recommendations made during the year for
children to sit in favourable positions in the classroom.
The total number of pupils attending school at the end of
the year known to have been provided with hearing aids was 56.
Audiology Clinic
Of the 264 attendances during the year, 125 were made by
96 children under the age of five, and 159 were made by 98 children
aged five and over.
Details of children and attendances are as follows:
A&E GR0UP | Totals | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 2 | 2-4 | 5-7 | 8-11 | 11+ | ||
New cases referred from all sources | 24 | 60 | 44 | 30 | 21 | 179 |
Cases carried over from 1967 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | 15 |
Found to have normal hearing | 27 | 54 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 142 |
Deaf in one or both ears | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | ||
Found to have remediable hearing loss | - | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 24 |
Impaired hearing requiring auditory trainingand/or hearing aid | 1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 6 |
Not fully assessed at end of 1968 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
Attendances | 44 | 81 | 59 | 46 | 34 | 264 |