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City of Westminster 1972

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Table 45 — Routine Medical Inspections 1972 — Defects NUMBER OF CHILDREN NOTED FOR TREATMENT OR OBSERVATION EXPRESSED AS A RATE PER 1,000 INSPECTED

Number Inspected	City of Westminster		Inner London Education Authority
Number Inspected			7,045	1972 151,788	1971 157,966
DEFECTS	†
SKIN	T	6.25	10.36	10.57
	O	11.78	9.70	10.25
EYES
(a) Vision	T	93.26	89.95	86.95
	O	51.24	47.36	46.03
(b) Squint	T	6.96	10.76	9.86
	O	5.82	4.44	4.47
(c) Other	T	1.70	2.13	1.56
	O	2.84	1.69	1.69
EARS
(a) Hearing	T	6.81	9.10	7.71
	O	9.08	6.44	6.51
(b) Otitis Media	T	1.70	2.69	2.27
	O	3.69	2.97	3.15
(c) Other	T	1.14	1.02	1.18
	O	0.57	0.84	0.86
NOSE AND THROAT	T	3.83	5.36	5.36
	O	16.04	18.72	20.40
SPEECH	T	3.42	5.76	5.25
	O	9.08	7.43	7.14
LYMPHATIC GLANDS	T	0.43	0.77	0.72
	O	4.40	5.16	6.19
HEART *Congenital	T	•2.84 + 0.43	*2.80 + 0.55	*2.53 + 0.84
+ Acquired	O	*2.84 + 2.27	*4.84 + 2.10	*4.62 + 2.23
LUNGS	T	7.24	8.60	7.92
	O	7.38	7.99	8.66
DEVELOPMENT
(a) Hernia	T	0.85	1.40	1.33
	O	2.13	2.31	2.69
(b) Other	T	3.41	2.60	2.85
	O	4.97	4.51	4.95
ORTHOPAEDIC
(a) Posture	T	0.57	1.15	1.19
	O	1.99	2.67	3.28
(b) Feet	T	2.70	4.06	4.13
	O	5.54	9.40	10.72
(c) Other	T	1.85	2.57	2.98
	O	4.40	3.24	3.30
NERVOUS SYSTEM
(a) Epilepsy	T	1.85	2.50	2.06
	O	1.28	1.14	1.23
(b) Other	T	0.85	1.24	1.48
	O	1.85	1.07	1.35
PSYCHOLOGICAL
(a) Development	T	1.99	2.78	2.09
	O	7.81	6.11	6.36
(b) Stability	T	5.39	3.72	3.32
	O	16.89	11.19	11.62
ABDOMEN	T	0.57	0.88	0.86
	O	2.27	1.29	1.54
DEBILITY	T	0.71	0.75	0.91
	O	1.28	1.22	1.37

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†T = Treatment
O = Observation