[Report 1967] / School Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.

  • Cumberland (England). County Council.
Date:
1967
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Credit: [Report 1967] / School Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    nurse she is conversant with the medical and social problems as well. “Valley Junior second year consisted of 119 children, 85 born in 1959 and 34 in 1958. Seventeen were found to have a loss in their first sweep test. Sixteen children had a second test after eight weeks (one being absent) and at this time hearing had returned to normal in six of them but 10 still had hearing defects. This gives a figure of 8.4% of 8 year olds with hearing losses. If the figures for the entrant groups of 1966 are analysed for this area, 4.4% of children failed two sweep tests. “An attempt was made to classify the ten with a loss into those who had been seen at a selective medical examin- ation. Four had been selected, one was being seen for a different reason, and five had been unselected. “When the sweep tests for the same children as entrants in 1964 were compared, eight of these were normal at the time, one was defective and being kept under observation and there was no record available of the other one. “Most of the tests showed a slight loss which only required observation in school and re-testing. There were three moderate losses (one of which was already under observation and receiving attention). The other two will require further investigation. “It would seem to be worthwhile taking another school next term and doing a similar survey.” Mr. Abbott serves both Southern and Western area as peripatetic teacher of the deaf. The following report relates to his work in the audiology team: — Pre-School Children “During 1967 five new cases have come under my care. Two of these are children with conductive losses of a relatively minor nature. Nevertheless the impairment has been of such a degree that speech has not been forthcoming without some amplification. One child has a severe loss and is making good progress. Although it is looking a long way ahead, I am hoping that he will be able to attend a normal school eventually. The fourth child is profoundly deaf and is certain to have to attend a special school: she loo is making good progress within her limitations. The