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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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(d) Visual Defects and External Eye Defects.—The number
of patients requiring treatment or observation was as follows:—
Treatment Observation
Visual Defects 503 65
Squint 83 15
External Eye Diseases 47 29
Colour Vision Testing.—Testing is carried out with the
Ishihara test cards by the School Nurses at the periodic medical
inspections for the intermediate and leaver age groups. Any doubt'
ful case is reported to the School Medical Officer.
(e) Nose and Throat Defects.—The number of patients
requiring treatment or observation was as follows :—
Treatment Observation
Enlarged Tonsils 42 112
Adenoids 2 2
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids 17 19
Other conditions 138 101
During the year the medical inspection schedules were scored to show those children who had been subjected to tonsillectomy. The resultant analysis is as follows:—
| Number Inspected | Boys | Tonsillectomy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | % | Girls | % | ||
| 5 year age group | 682 | 673 | 35 | 5.1 | 42 | 6.2 |
| 10-12 year group | 606 | 956 | 72 | 11.8 | 116 | 12.1 |
| 14 year age group | 344 | 278 | 49 | 14.2 | 50 | 17.9 |
| Others | 252 | 352 | 48 | 19.0 | 69 | 19.6 |
| Totals | 1,884 | 2,259 | 204 | 10.8 | 277 | 12.2 |
(f) Ear Disease and Defective Hearing.-All school medical
officers are provided with electric auriscopes and a full examination
of the ears is carried out at each medical examination.
The number of patients requiring treatment and observation
was as follows:—
Treatment Observation
Defective Hearing 24 56
Otitis Media 22 40
Other Ear Disease 34 5
(g) Orthopaedic and Postural Defects. A total of 202 defects
were found to require treatment.
(h) Dental Defects:-
Inspection at Schools Children General Other
Requiring actually Fill- Extrac- Anaes- Oner-
Inspected Treatment Per cent. treated ings tions thetics ations
6,905 3,915 56.7 5,510 7,912 6,254 3,139 4,013