[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon] page 122

Croydon 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND IN THE COURSE OF ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION, 1952

Defccts	Boys			Girls
Defccts	No. requiring Treatment	No. referred for Observation	Percentage of total Examined	No. requiring Treatment	No. referred for Observation	Percentage of total Examined
Malnutrition	22	2	0.39	17	1	0.33
Uncleanliness—
Head	—	—	—	—	—	—
Body	—	—	—	—	—	—
Skin Disease	17	9	0.43	14	4	0.33
Eye Disease—
Defective Vision	280	5	4.68	265	14	5.09
Squint	30	8	0.62	38	7	0.82
External Eye Trouble	14	4	0.30	15	5	0.40
Ear Disease—
Deafness	15	11	0.43	9	4	0.24
Otitis Media	7	-	0.11	3	3	0.11
Other Disease	3	3	0.10	3	2	0.09
Nose and Throat—
Enlarged Tonsils only	47	21	1.12	45	25	1.28
Adenoids only	33	5	0.62	22	10	0.60
finlarged Tonsils and Adenoids	141	90	3.79	119	62	3.30
Other Conditions	74	10	1.38	37	6	0.80
Enlarged Cervical Glands(not T.B.)	1	2,	0.05	1	5	0.11
Dental Defects	133	4	2.25	107	2	2.00
Speech Defects	10	10	0.33	5	6	0.20
Heart and Circulation—
Organic	19	14	0.54	6	16	0.40
Functional	7	7	0.23	9	3	0.22
Anaemia	2	3	0.08	13	3	0.30
Bronchitis	15	30	0.74	2		0.04
Other Non-T.B.	40	56	1.58	2	1	0.06
Pulmonary Tuberculosis	19	9	0.48	5	3	0.15
Other Tuberculosis	6	5	0.18	1	_	0.02
Nervous System Disorders (including Epilepsy, Chorea, etc.)	4	14	0.30	3	1	0.07
Developmental—			*
(a) Hernia	7	-	0.11	1	1	0.04
(6) Other	20	5	0.41	1	3	0.07
Psychological—
(a) Development	10	1	0.18	3	1	0.07
(b Stability'	6	6	0.20	2	4	0.11
Deformities—
Flat Feet	166	55	3.63	20	3	0.42
Posture	298	32	5.42	13	3	0.30
others	137	48	3.03	11	6	0.31
Other Defects and Diseases	92	72	2.70	20	7	0.50
Totals	1,675	541		812	211
Total Children Examined	6093			5480