[Report 1964] / School Medical Officer of Health, Herefordshire / County of Hereford County Council.

  • Herefordshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1964
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Credit: [Report 1964] / School Medical Officer of Health, Herefordshire / County of Hereford County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Second Visit. Age Group Failures seen Total O /o Failed No. Absent Absentees seen No. Tested Failed No. Tested Failed /o Failed .No. Absent Right Left Both Right Left Both Total Others tested 98 9 11 49 69 70.4 25 35 1 3 6 iO 28.6 12 Total 98 9 11 49 69 70.4 25 35 1 3 6 10 28.6 12 Children who failed the audiometer test were called for examination by a school medical officer and dealt with as shown below : — Already under ear, nose and throat surgeon 32 Referred to ear, nose and throat surgeon 93 Referred to, or already under, own doctor 5 Referred for observation by school medical officer 74 Referred back for further audiogram 132 Treatment refused o^' failed to attend for examination 5 Hearing satisfactory 62 Not yet examined 18 Total 421 Lip reading and auditory training sessions with hearing aids were held weekly up to the end of April at the Health Clinic, Hereford, by Mrs. A. E. Crellin, a teacher of the deaf. In May of this year a further session was added and Mrs. Crellin now gives instruction on a Monday and Wednesday afternoon. Children who have received instruction 18 Attendances made 266 The children concerned made good progress. The speech training aid continues to be used and is very much appreciated by mothers who are thus able to give their children considerable assistance in the home. ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS. Pupils known to have been treated :— By the authority—at school clinics 1063 ,, ,, at schools 357 ,, ,, at home 1 At hospital out-patient departments 52 Total 1473 SCHOOL PHYSIOTHERAPY SERVICE. Weekly sessions have continued at Hereford, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye Health Clinics with shorter periods at Bromyard, Kingstone, Kington and Ledbury. The Junior Training Centre, Adult Training Centre and Uplands ” Residential School for delicate pupils have also received weekly visits. Pupils at ‘‘ Uplands ” are given ‘‘ sunlight ” when recommended by the Medical Officer. There has been quite an increase in both the number of children seen and the attendances made as compared with the previous year. It is thought that this is due more to a general awareness that early physical defects can now be remedied by physiotherapy rather than to an increase in the actual number of defects.