[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley] page 111

Bromley 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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TABLE 11.

A. Return of Defects Found by Medical Inspection.

Defect Code No.	Defect or Disease	Periodic Inspections. No. of Defects.		Special Inspections. No. of Defects.
	Defect or Disease	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	67	4
5	Eyes—-(a) Vision	122	208	81	47
	(b) Squint	8	5	3	—
	(c) Other	15	9	45	7
6	Ears— (a) Hearing	2	10	6	4
	(b) Otitis Media	2	2	3	2
	(c) Other	1	7	16	4
7	Nose or Throat	32	50	60	22
8	Speech	12	13	5	8
9	Cervical Glands	—	—	2	—
10	Heart and Circulation	5	7	2	2
11	Lungs	12	12	17	12
12	Developmental—
	(a) Hernia	3	—	—	1
	(b) Other	20	119	30	72
13	Orthopaedic—
	(a) Posture	36	123	26	21
	(b) Flat Foot	9	53	20	22
	(c) Other	33	22	57	24
14	Nervous System—
	(a) Epilepsy	1	1	2	—
	(b) Other	—	7	6	10
15	Psychological—
	(a) Development	1	7	2	11
	(b) Stability	1	9	4	4
16	Other	35	91	128	55
	Totals	362	761	582	332

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

Age Groups (1)	Number of Pupils Inspected (2)	A—Good		B—Fair		C—Poor
Age Groups (1)	Number of Pupils Inspected (2)	No. (3)	% of Col. 2 (4)	No. (5)	%of Col. 2 (6)	No. (7)	%of Col. 2 (8)
Entrants	652	149	22.85	438	67.18	65	9.97
Second Age Group	1,887	562	29.78	1,291	68.42	34	1.80
Third Age Group	407	154	37.84	249	61.18	4	0.98
Other periodic inspections	884	343	38.80	516	58.37	25	2.83
Total	3,830	1,208	31.54	2,494	65.12	128	3.34