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Hillingdon 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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| New Patients | Attending for Exercises | Attending for test and / or Observation | Total | Failed to Attend | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7 | 59 | 68 | 17 | |
| February | 4 | 9 | 40 | 53 | 10 |
| March | 7 | 17 | 34 | 58 | 15 |
| April | 1 | 9 | 41 | 51 | 29 |
| May | 4 | 8 | 37 | 49 | 18 |
| June | 5 | 10 | 35 | 50 | 8 |
| July | 2 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 7 |
| August | 5 | 25 | 48 | 78 | 33 |
| September | 6 | 13 | 29 | 48 | 22 |
| October | 6 | 5 | 31 | 42 | 7 |
| November | 2 | 12 | 35 | 49 | 22 |
| December | 5 | 10 | 27 | 42 | 12 |
| TOTALS | 54 | 134 | 436 | 624 | 201 |
New Patients 1967
Type of Case
Convergent strabismus
Including:
(1) With amblyopia
(2) Referred for surgery
TOTAL
Divergent strabismus
(1) Latent
(2 post-operative)
(2) Manifest, referred for surgery
TOTAL
16
6
33
13
1
14
Type of Case
Heterophoria and I or convergence deficiency 3
Amblyopia due to Anisometropia 2
Apparent Squint due to epicanthus,
narrow I.P.D., etc 2
Total New Patients Referred from School
Clinics 54
EDUCATION ACT, 1944—SECTION 34
The Education Authority is required to ascertain how many children in its area require special
education. The various categories of handicapped pupils are defined, and an explanation of these
conditions was given in the Report for 1965.
Handicapped Pupils—Indicative Trends
Category A—Blind
Fortunately, there are very few blind children, and for many years the total figure of blind pupils
in this borough has not exceeded 5.