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Wandsworth 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Routine general medical inspections during 1967 totalled 17,288,
compared with 17,289 in 1966. Of the 17,288 children inspected,
14.1 per cent were referred for treatment of defects, 7.1 per cent
being referred for treatment of defects other than vision. The
corresponding percentages for 1966 were 14.9 and 7.5 respectively.
The following table shows the number of children referred for treatment or observation of the defects listed at routine general medical inspections for the year 1967, expressed as a rate per 1,000 children inspected, together with the corresponding rates for 1966.
| Numbers examined | 1966 | 1967 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17,289 | 17,288 | |||
| Rate per thousand | ||||
| Treatment Observation | Treatment Observation | |||
| Skin diseases | 10.70 | 7.17 | 9.31 | 7.69 |
| Eyes—vision | 80.22 | 59.57 | 77.86 | 50.44 |
| squint | 6.30 | 6.88 | 6.30 | 6.25 |
| other | 1.68 | 2.54 | 2.26 | 2.43 |
| Defective hearing | 5.67 | 11.92 | 6.30 | 15.10 |
| Otitis media | 1.79 | 4.34 | 2.02 | 3.12 |
| Enlarged tonsils and adenoids | 7.81 | 25.16 | 7.35 | 24.00 |
| Defective speech | 3.64 | 10.47 | 3.24 | 9.02 |
| Enlarged cervical glands | 0.46 | 4.92 | 0.52 | 4.69 |
| Heart and circulation | 1.91 | 13.19 | 1.62 | 13.25 |
| Lung diseases other than tuberculosis | 4.40 | 13.94 | 4.16 | 11.74 |
| Orthopaedic defects | 9.89 | 26.31 | 9.55 | 32.16 |
| Defects of nervous system | 1.91 | 3.54 | 1.04 | 3.24 |
| Psychological defects | 3.42 | 11.86 | 4.86 | 10.01 |
| Developmental—hernia | 0.46 | 1.85 | 0.81 | 2.37 |
| other | 0.92 | 7.40 | 1.27 | 6.30 |
| Abdomen | 0.52 | 1.04 | 0.23 | 2.02 |
Details of non-routine medical inspections carried out in 1966
and 1967 are given below:—
1966 1967
Reinspections 9,441 9,617
Secondary school annual surveys 140 220
Other non-routine inspections 5,992 6,557
(see table overleaf)
7-plus experimental scheme inspections 98 113
Total 15,671 16,507
Total routine and non-routine inspections 32,960 33,795