[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow] page 15

Walthamstow 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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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 doubtful case is
reported to the School Medical Officer.
Of the 3,734 children tested during the year, eighty-eight were
found to have some defect of colour vision.

Table: (e) Nose and Throat Defects.—The number of patients requiring treatment or observation was as follows:—

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(e) Nose and Throat Defects.—The number of patients requiring treatment or observation was as follows:—

	Treatment	Observation
Enlarged Tonsils	31	91
Adenoids	17	10
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids	30	14
Other conditions	88	116

Table: 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:—

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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		Tonsillectomy
	Boys	Girls	Boys	%	Girls	%
5 year age group	680	705	33	4.8	29	4.1
10-12 year age group	959	998	145	15.1	141	14.1
14 year age group	889	886	112	12.6	141	15.9
Others	208	193	18	8.6	14	7.2
Totals	2,736	2,782	308	11.2	325	11.6

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(/) 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.

Table: The number of patients requiring treatment and observation was as follows :—

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The number of patients requiring treatment and observation was as follows :—

	Treatment	Observation
Defective Hearing	25	114
Otitis Media	31	51
Other Ear Disease	40	2

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(g) Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.—A total of 278 defects
were found to require treatment.

Table: (h)Dental Defects—

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(h)Dental Defects—

Inspection at Schools Requiring			Children actually treated	Fillings	Extractions	General Anaesthetics	Other Operations
Inspected	Treatment	Per cent	Children actually treated	Fillings	Extractions	General Anaesthetics	Other Operations
7,231	3,704	51.2	4,774	10,036	5,376	2,718	4,363

Table: (i) Heart Disease and Rheumatism.—The findings were as follows:—

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(i) Heart Disease and Rheumatism.—The findings were as follows:—

	Treatment	Observation
Heart Disease—Organic	6	25
Functional	—	122
Anaemia	3	1

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Table: (e) Nose and Throat Defects.—The number of patients requiring treatment or observation was as follows:—

Table: 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:—

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Table: The number of patients requiring treatment and observation was as follows :—

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Table: (h)Dental Defects—

Table: (i) Heart Disease and Rheumatism.—The findings were as follows:—