[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.

  • Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1961
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Credit: [Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vision. Found at Routine Medical Inspections : Number of children tested ... ... ... ... 1,678 Number found to be suffering from Visual Defects 184 Number found to be suffering from Squint ... 6 Number found to be suffering from Other Defects 23 Found at Special Inspection : Number of children found with Visual Defects ... 312 Number of children found with Squint 12 Number of children found with Other Defects ... 13 The E card and Hand card are used for school entrants. Speech. 12 cases at periodic inspection and 3 at special inspections were found with defects warranting treatment and 14 cases were referred to the Speech Therapist. 37 other cases were put under observation as to progress. Our arrangement continued with the Kent County School Health Service for cases to be accepted at their Speech Therapy Clinic in Whitstable Road. Cases referred 1961 14 Interviewed—no treatment necessary ... 2 Cases closed 5 Non-attendance ... ... ... 1 Satisfactory progress ... ... ... 2 Lip Reading. Classes for partially deaf children are held in the May Hooker Centre on Saturday mornings and cases from Canterbury and the surrounding County area are assisted. The class is run in two sections according to age and close contact is maintained with the consultant of the Hearing Aid Centre of the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. There is a course for lip reading which runs at the Canterbury Technical College to which school leavers move in due course. Nine children attended in 1961, 4 from Canterbury and 5 from Kent County. Of these 7 were over 10 and 2 were under 10. Handicapped Pupils. The following table summarises the position at the end of 1961. Ascertainments are carried out at the School Clinic, by home visit, or by the consultants concerned.