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Another interesting point is the enormous variety of jobs that the older boys and
girls, who visit my clinic, take on. Some of the jobs are of the highest quality in
professions. They also have worked extremely well in carrying out their exercises
and do appreciate the value of them in their future jobs and lifes. We are delighted
to have Mrs. Allardyce back as our physiotherapist and would like to thank Miss Claydon
for the way she has run and organised the clinic".
Audiometry
The tables below gives the numbers and results of audiometry tests during 1963.
It is now arranged that children due to have periodic medical inspections at the ages
of five, eight and eleven, first have an audiogram. Those children failing audiometry
have a full audiograph prepared and this is available for the school medical officer
when the inspection is made. In this way the school medical officer is able to discuss
with the head teacher the child's progress in school, to arrange a seating position in
Class favourable for hearing and to follow up with any other investigations necessary.
The standards for passing audiometry are set purposely high, and of the 614 children
failing first tests in 1963, a very large proportion were found to respond to simple
measures or not to need treatment. As would be expected, the percentage failing retests
was high because these children had either been referred specially because
deafness was suspected or were already under treatment.
Maintained Primary and Secondary School Population of the Area 26419