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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| Passed Retest | Primary Schols | Waiting Retest | Passed Retest | Secondary Schools | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Improvement | Did not Attend Retest | No Improvement | Did not Attend Retest | ||||
| Wax | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| Past otitis media | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Catarrh | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Rhinitis | 6 | — | - | - | 3 | — | — |
| Old perforations | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Nasal obstruction | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cold at time of test | 3 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Eustachian tube block | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Foreign body | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Boil in ear | 1 | — | — | - | — | — | — |
| Enlarged tonsils and adenoids | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Old mastoid | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Conductive deafness | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital | - | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| N.A.D. | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Totals | 39 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 9 | 9 |
| 67 | 42 | ||||||
| Awaiting diagnosis or treatment | 91 | 24 | |||||
| Attending own doctor or hospital | 25 | 20 | |||||
| Failed to attend | 14 | 5 | |||||
| 197 | 91 | ||||||
(d) Orthopaedic and Physiotherapy Clinic.—The clinic is
under the clinical charge of Mr. G. Rigby Jones, M.C., F.R.C.S.,
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon to the Connaught Hospital, who
has kindly contributed the following:—
"The Orthopaedic Clinic at Hale End School has continued
satisfactorily during the year. At last permanent arrangements are
being made for a Consultant to attend the clinic, and I hope that,
as soon as the new Orthopaedic Surgeon of the Forest Group is
appointed, as a result of the re-allocation of duties I shall be able
to continue at Hale End."