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Tottenham 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Audiology Unit
Dr. L. Fisch, Consultant Otheogist Continued to devote two sessions each week to
seeing children at the audiology unit, at times assisted by Dr. G. S. udall, senior
Lecturer in Child Health at St. Batholomew's Hospital Medical College and at Other
times by the Deputy Area Medical Officer, The table Below shows the number and type
of Cases seen.
The opening of a new audiology unit at Neasden made it possible to transfer a
number of Cases there and so lighten the load on the Tottenham unit. Miss Evans, one
of the peripatetic teachers, now works from Neasden and the case load of miss Abbott,
the remaining teacher, has become so large that she is unable to devote as much time
as is necessary to each case. It is hoped that an additional peripatetic teacher will
be appointed.
A two-day course for health visitors on the early detection of deafness was held during the year.
| Number of cases seen: | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years | 0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 6- | 7- | 8- | 9- | 10- | 11- | 12- | 13- | 4- | 15- | 164- | Total |
| New cases | 130 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 302 |
| Re-examinations | - | 10 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 224 |
| Total | 526 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pre-school children | 218 | |||||||||||||||||
| Attending Infant and Junior Schools | 188 | |||||||||||||||||
| Attending Senior Schools | 99 | |||||||||||||||||
| Over five but not at school | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| Reasons for referrals among new children were as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||
| For diagnosis | 131 | |||||||||||||||||
| Auditory training | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| At risk of deafness | 128 | |||||||||||||||||
| Immigrants to Area known to be deaf | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Partially deaf children, advice as to placement | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Children known to be deaf- application for admission to Blanche Nevile School or partially deaf units | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Transfer from hospital out patient departments | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Advice as to placement where deafness might be the cause of backwardness | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| Source of referrals: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tottenham and Hornsey | 196 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other boroughs in Middlesex | 92 | |||||||||||||||||
| London - neighbouring boroughs | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Essex | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hertfordshire | 6 | |||||||||||||||||