Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]
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Condition | No. of cases known to have been dealt with |
---|---|
External and other excluding errors of refraction and squint | 162 |
Errors of refraction (including squint) | 1984 |
Total | 2146 |
Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed | 747 |
Received operative treatment | |
a. for disease of the ear | - |
b. for adenoids and chronic tonsilitis | - |
c. for other nose and throat conditions | - |
Received other forms of treatment | 192 |
Total | 192 |
Number of pupils known to have been provided with hearing aids | |
a. in 1968 | 10 |
b. in previous years | 64 |
a. pupils treated at clinics and out-patient departments | 470 |
b. pupils treated at schools for postural defects | 247 |
Total | 717 |
Ringworm | 6 |
Scabies | - |
Impetigo | - |
Other skin diseases | 985 |
Total | 991 |
Pupils treated | 281 |
Pupils Treated | 736 |
a. pupils with minor ailments | 356 |
b. pupils who received convalescent treatment under School Health | |
Service arrangements | 32 |
c. pupils who received BCG vaccination | 1513 |
d. allergy clinic | 93 |
Total | 1994 |
Total number of pupils examined in schools by nurses or other authorised persons | 17490 |
Total number of individual pupils found to be infested | 199 |
Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 (2) Education Act, 1944) | 27 |
Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54 (3) Education Act, 1944) | 14 |