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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

Hillingdon 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]

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Report of the Principal School Medical Officer for the Year 1966

Table: Child Guidance Treatment

Child Guidance Treatment

Number known to have been treated
Pupils treated at Child Guidance Clinics296
Speech Therapy
Number known to have been treated
Pupils treated by speech therapists294
Other Treatment Given
Number known to have been dealt with
Pupils who received convalescent treatment in accordance with Section 48 of the Education Act, 1944 Pupils who received B.C.G. Vaccinations7
2,120

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Routine Audiometry

Table: The investigations were continued in the junior departments and infant departments of primary schools, and the results of the work performed can be summarised as follows:—

The investigations were continued in the junior departments and infant departments of primary schools, and the results of the work performed can be summarised as follows:—

Number of individual children tested7,347
Number found to have normal hearing6,865
Number found to have a hearing loss482

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Of the 482 children found to have a hearing loss:—
119 were found to have a hearing loss in the right ear;
156 were found to have a hearing loss in the left ear;
207 were found to have a hearing loss in both ears.