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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 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]

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Table: Report of the Principal School Medical Officer for the Year 1967Child Guidance Treatment

Report of the Principal School Medical Officer for the Year 1967Child Guidance Treatment

Number known to have been treated
Pupils treated at Child Guidance Clinics214
Speech Therapy
Number known to have been treated
Pupils treated by speech therapists328
Infestation
Total number treated
Pupils found to be infested and subsequently treated100
Other Treatment Given
Number known to have been dealt with
Pupils who received convalescent treatment in accordance with Section 48 of the Education Act, 194417
Pupils who received B.C.G. Vaccinations1,902

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Routine Audiometry
The routine audiometry service was continued as in the previous year with the audiometer operator
working on a part-time basis of three days a week. The investigations were continued in the junior and
infant departments of primary schools, and the results of the work performed can be summarised as
follows:
Number of individual children tested 6,546
Number found to have normal hearing 6,193
Number found to have a hearing loss 353