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Croydon 1965

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Table 3

RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND IN THE COURSE OF ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION, 1965

Defects	Boys			Girls
Defects	Number requiring Treatment	Number re ferred for Observation	Percentage of total Defects	Number requiring Treatment	Number referred for Observation	Percentage of total Defects
Uncleanliness-
Head/Body	2	1	0.1	2		0.1
Skin Disease	277	143	8.8	203	96	6.6
Eye Disease-
Defective Vision	630	484	23,3	835	581	31.2
Squint	62	18	1.7	72	24	2. 1
External Eye Trouble	18	48	1.4	37	35	1.6
Ear Disease-
Deafness	103	127	4.8	91	110	4.4
Otitis Media	34	41	1.6	25	40	1.4
Other Diseases	13	18	0.6	17	23	0.9
Nose and Throat	117	328	9.3	113	285	8.8
Enlarged Cervical Glands (not T.B.)	14	43	1.2	7	40	1.0
Dental Defects	356	25	8.0	306	6	6.9
Speech Defects	50	79	2.7	47	49	2.1
Heart and Circulation	55	111	3.5	61	120	4.0
Lungs	42	92	2.8	37	83	2.7
Developmental-
(a) Hernia	25	18	0.9	7	3	0.2
(b) Other	73	311	8.0	14	83	2.1
Deformities-
Posture	33	71	2.2	92	118	4.6
Plat Feet	87	160	5.1	95	122	4.8
Others	82	152	4.9	96	135	5.1
Nervous System Disorders-
Epilepsy	11	5	0.3	7	5	0.3
Other	24	29	1.1	21	31	1.2
Psychological-
(a) Development	10	59	1.4	9	32	0.9
(b) stability	44	76	2.5	37	55	2.1
Abdomen	8	26	0.7	15	33	1.1
Other Defects and Diseases	63	84	3.1	89	86	3.8
TOTALS	2,233	2,549		2,335	2,195
Total Children Examined	8,180 Boys			8,532 Girls