London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Walthamstow 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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II. Defects found at Medical Inspection.
Requiring treatment 1,619
For observation 1,408
Physical Condition of Pupils seen at Medical Inspection.
Satisfactory 4,070
Unsatisfactory 73
III. Infestation with Vermin.
Total number of examinations 32,980
Individual pupils found to be infested 109
IV. Treatment.
(a) Minor Ailments.—Total defects treated 1,570
(b) Defective Vision and Squint.
Cases treated for errors of refraction 1,483
Other defects 23
Pupils for whom spectacles—prescribed 969
obtained 959
Orthoptic Clinic—cases treated 232
(c) Nose and Throat Defects.
Number treated 102
Total attendances 1,290
(d) Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.
Treated as in-patients 22
Treated otherwise 470
(e) Child Guidance.
No. of cases diagnosed and which received
treatment at clinics—
(i) Psychiatrist—Cases treated 87
Interviews 252
(ii) Psychotherapist—Cases treated 14
Interviews 264
(iii) Psychiatric Social Worker—
Parents treated or advised 155
Interviews 652
(iv) Educational Psychologist-
Cases given remedial education 15
Interviews 238