[Report 1969] / School Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough.

  • Tynemouth (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1969
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Credit: [Report 1969] / School Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Part III.—Treatment of Pupils attending Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools (including Nursery and Special Schools) TABLE A.—EYE DISEASES, DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT Number of cases known to have been dealt with External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint 4 Errors of refraction (including squint) 506 Total 510 Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed 453 TABLE B.—DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE AND THROAT Number of cases known to have been dealt with Received operative treatment— {a) for diseases of the ear 1 [h] for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis 125 (c) for other nose and throat conditions 1 Received other forms of treat- xn ••• ••• ••• 33 Tot3,l •.. • * • 160 Total number of pupils still on the register of schools at 31st Dec., 1969 known to have been provided with hearing aids ; *(a) in 1969 3 {h) in previous years 11 *A pupil recorded under {a) above should not be recorded at [b) in respect of the supply of a hearing aid in a previous year TABLE C.—ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS Number known to have been treated [a) (b) Pupils treated at clinics or out-patients departments ... Pupils treated at school for postural defects 95 Tots-l • • • «• • 95