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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
Walthamstow 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Speech Therapy—
By appointment
263, High Street and
Open Air School
* Immunisation—
Wednesday 2 p.m. Town Hall.
All Clinics, except those marked * are "appointment" Clinics.
3. CO-ORDINATION
(a) Staff.—Co-ordination is secured by the fact that all the
school health staff also carry out duties for other health services.
The school nursing staff is equivalent to 7 whole-time nurses.
(b) Family Doctors.—Family Doctors are informed as to the
findings of specialists in regard to children referred for specialist
diagnosis and treatment.
(c) Reports from Hospitals.—Except in one notable instance (the
paediatric department of a nearby hospital), few hospitals send a
summary on discharge of children from their wards. When such
summaries are received they are of great value and are attached to
the appropriate medical files.
(d) Liaison with Hospital Services.—The medical and nursing
staff continue to visit in turn the ward rounds of Dr. Hinden,
Paediatrician, at Whipps Cross Hospital.
4. SCHOOL HYGIENE AND ACCOMMODATION
| Boys | Girls | Mixed | Infants | Nursery | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Secondary Grammar | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| County Secondary Technical | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| County Secondary Modern | 2 | 2 | 6 | — | — |
| County Primary Junior | 2 | 2 | 12 | — | — |
| County Primary Infants | — | — | — | 15 | — |
| Voluntary Secondary Modern | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Voluntary Primary | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| County Nursery | — | — | — | — | |
| Special Schools for :— | |||||
| Deaf | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Educationally Sub-normal | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Partially Sighted | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Physically Handicapped | — | 1 | - | — | |
| Number of Children on | 1953 | 1952 | 1951 | 1950 | 1949 |
| Register, 31st December | 20174 | 19975 | 18970 | 18211 | 17652 |
| Average attendance | 17936.9 | 16587.8 | 16561.6 | 15993.5 | 15950.7 |
| Percentage attendance | 88.9 | 82.9 | 87.0 | 87.8 | 90.3 |