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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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Table: (g) The total numbers of the various items of consultation and treatment carried out in the School Health Service during 1955 have been extracted and are set out below:—

(g) The total numbers of the various items of consultation and treatment carried out in the School Health Service during 1955 have been extracted and are set out below:—

Head Inspections28,666
Dental Inspections15,148
Dental Treatment14,856
Orthopaedic and Physiotherapy11,285
Medical Inspections7,550
Minor Ailments5,797
Eye Treatments5,321
Speech Therapy5,128
Child Guidance1,970
Other Inspections at Schools1,204
Orthoptic838
Home Visits678
Aural Clinic612
Pædiatric Consultations151
Cardiac Clinic45
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20. STATISTICAL SUMMARY
I. Medical Inspection.
A. Routine Inspections 7,550
B. Special Inspections and Re-inspections 5,321
C. Pupils found to require treatment 1,736
II. Defects found at Medical Inspection.
Requiring treatment 1,988
For observation 1,899
Classification of General Condition of Pupils.
Nutrition 'A'— Good 6,153
'B— Fair 1,363
'C— Bad 34
III. Infestation with Vermin.
Total number of examinations 28,666
Individual pupils found to be infested 106
IV. Treatment.
(a) Minor Ailments—total defects treated 2,017
(b) Defective Vision and Squint.
Cases treated for errors of refraction 1,440
Other defects 9
Pupils for whom spectacles—prescribed 967
obtained 905
Orthoptic clinic—cases treated 233