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City of Westminster 1968

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Table 52.—Routine Medical Inspections 1968—Defects
NUMBER OF CHILDREN NOTED FOR TREATMENT OR OBSERVATION
EXPRESSED AS A RATE PER 1,000 INSPECTED

Table 52.?outine Medical Inspections 1968-Defects

NUMBER OF CHILDREN NOTED FOR TREATMENT OR OBSERVATION

EXPRESSED AS A RATE PER 1,000 INSPECTED

Number InspectedCity of WestminsterInner London Education Authority
8,13819681967
157,376158,668
DEFECTS
SKINT5.048.818.19
O19.5411.2510.45
EYES
(a) VisionT61 0772.7774.02
O63.6552.1652.49
(b) SquintT5.168.217.46
O6.394.715.70
(c) OtherT1.111.681.83
O3.812.752.82
EARS
(a) HearingT2.705.765.72
O8.727.187.35
(b) Otitis MediaT1.351.661.92
O5.783.913.76
(c) OtherT0.250.570.68
O0.740.931.06
NOSE AND THROATT4.185.556.93
O31.4626.9228.68
SPEECHT4.554.073.85
O7.746.997.38
LYMPHATIC GLANDST0.740.580.45
O14.387.698.33
HEARTT1.352.482.31
O11.308.398.40
LUNGST3.075.414.63
O12.9011.7411.45
DEVELOPMENT
(a) HerniaT1.231.121.03
O4.062.862.78
(b) OtherT1.721.341.53
O8.605.586.06
ORTHOPAEDIC
(a) PostureT0.980.971.15
O6.394.775.64
(b) FeetT1.843.374.36
O10.8114.9614.22
(c) OtherT0.612.061.97
O6.515.085.58
NERVOUS SYSTEM
(a) EpilepsyT0.741.461.39
O2.581 .411 .51
(b) OtherT0.370.720.73
O2.831.661.68
PSYCHOLOGICAL
(a) DevelopmentT1.601.491 .41
O12.535.365.36
(b) StabilityT4.182.402.10
O18.3110.839.57
ABDOMENT0.370.370.28
O4.671 241.34
OTHERT14.8717.3417.25
O29.3735.6535.87

* T = Treatment
O = Observation