Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table 4
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AT ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS 1968 (Percentages of Children Examined)
Defects | Entrants | Inter-mediates | Entrants to Secondary School | Final Leavers | All Groups | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls. | |
Teeth | 7.1 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 10.4 | 4.3 | 9.1 | 6.4 | 8.0 |
Skin | 3.6 | 3.7 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 16.5 | 5.3 | 28.3 | 8.1 | 12.6 | 5.5 |
Eyes | ||||||||||
Vision | 14.3 | 13.9 | 14.8 | 17.4 | 19.1 | 22.2 | 18.4 | 21.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 |
Squint | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
Other | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 |
Ears - | ||||||||||
Hearing | 4.7 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
Otitis Media Other | 2.6 0.5 | 3.6 0.7 | 1.6 0.5 | 1.7 0.3 | 1.0 0.9 | 0.7 0.4 | 0.2 0.3 | 0.6 0.5 | 1.5 0.6 | 1.8 0.5 |
Nose and Throat | 11.8 | 10.9 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 7.3 | 6.4 |
Speech | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 1.0 |
Cervical Glands | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
Heart and Circulation | 2.2 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
Lungs | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
Developmental | ||||||||||
Hernia | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
Other | 4.4 | 1.1 | 7.3 | 3.1 | 8.2 | 5.8 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 3.6 |
Orthopaedic | ||||||||||
Posture | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
Flat Feet | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 7.0 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 1.9 |
Other | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
Nervous System | ||||||||||
Epilepsy | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Other | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 |
Psychological | ||||||||||
Development | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
Stability | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
Abdomen | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
Other Defects | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 |