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SCHOOL MEDICAL TREATMENT
Audiometry Hackney
Number of children given sweep test 4,257
Number of children given pure tone test 199
Number of children referred to otologist at audiology centre 91
Vision Clinics
No. of sessions 298
Number of new cases 1,710
Number per 1,000 population, age 5-14 53
Total attendances 4,647
Errors of refraction and squint 3,857
Other eye defects 48
Spectacles ordered 1,208
Orthoptic Clinics
Number of sessions 178
Number of new cases 103
Total attendances 712
Audiology Clinics
No. of sessions 36
Number of new cases 117
Total attendances 298
Special Investigation Clinics
' Number of sessions 119
Number of new cases 142
Total attendances 626
Minor Ailment Clinics *
No. of sessions 214
Number of new cases seen by nursing sister 150
Number of new cases per 1,000 population, age 5-14 5
Total attendances 2, 385
*A medical officer is not present at these Clinics.
Defects treated:
Athletes foot 25
Verrucae 74
Ringworm: body 2
Impetigo 2
Other skin diseases 21
Etye disease 38
Ear diseases 1
Miscellaneous: Bruises, lacerations, etc. 193
Bathing centre sessions
Number of attendances for:
Minor ailments 219
Scabies 38
Impetigo
Vermin and nits 263
Total 520