[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley] page 98

Bromley 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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TABLE II.

A. Return of Defects Found by Medical Inspection.

Defect Code No.	Defect or Disease	Periodic Inspections.		Special Inspections.
		No. of Defects.		No of Defects.
		Requiring treatment	Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment	Requiring treatment	Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment
		(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
		4	Skin	12	6	114	7
		5	Eyes— (a) Vision	103	100	82	27
			(b) Squint	5	9	5	—
		(c) Other	8	10	73	12
6	Ears— (a) Hearing	1	9	5	6
	(b) Otitis Media	1	-_	19	1
	(c) Other	2	1	64	1
7	Nose and Throat	30	65	85	47
8	Speech	4	7	8	10
9	Cervical Glands	1	2	8	3
10	Heart and Circulation	2	10	2	26
11	Lungs	8	14	21	20
12	Developmental—
	(a) Hernia	1	1	1	3
	(b) Other	2	46	14	30
13	Orthopaedic—
	(a) Posture	16	59	18	20
	(b) Flat Foot	11	39	31	36
	(c) Other	30	30	78	24
14	Nervous System—
	(a) Epilepsy	—	1	24	1
	(b) Other	1	7	13	13
15	Psychological—
	(a) Development	2	5	14	19
	(b) Stability	—	4	3	4
16	Other	21	103	313	118
	Totals	261	528	995	428

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B. Classification of the General Condition of Pupils Inspected during the Year in the Age Groups.

Age Groups	Number of Pupils Inspected	A—Good		B—Fair		C—Poor
Age Groups	Number of Pupils Inspected	No.	% of Col. 2	No.	% of Col. 2	No.	%of Col. 2
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)
Entrants	867	472	54.44	386	44.52	9	1.04
Second Age Group	1,493	652	43.67	823	55.12	18	1.21
Third Age Group	401	187	46.63	212	52.87	2	0.50
Other periodic inspections	977	561	57.42	407	41.66	9	0.92
Total	3,738	1,872	50.08	1,828	48.90	38	1.02