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City of Westminster 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table 50.—Routine Medical Inspections 1969—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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 1968 | |||
| 8,120 | 159,217 | 157,376 | ||
| DEFECTS | ‡ | |||
| SKIN | T | 7.27 | 9.65 | 8.81 |
| 0 | 18.84 | 12.61 | 11.25 | |
| EYES | ||||
| (a) Vision | T | 54.43 | 73.56 | 72.77 |
| 0 | 71.55 | 55.09 | 52.16 | |
| (b) Squint | T | 7.27 | 8.62 | 8.21 |
| 0 | 8.62 | 5.61 | 4.71 | |
| (c) Other | T | 1.35 | 1.43 | 1.68 |
| 0 | 3.08 | 2.54 | 2.75 | |
| EARS | ||||
| (a) Hearing | T | 4.43 | 6.35 | 5.76 |
| 0 | 9.85 | 7.90 | 7.18 | |
| (b) Otitis Media | T | 1.60 | 1 .71 | 1.66 |
| 0 | 4.93 | 3.98 | 3.91 | |
| (c) Other | T | 0.49 | 0.80 | 0.57 |
| 0 | 0.86 | 0.96 | 0.93 | |
| NOSE AND THROAT | T | 3.94 | 5.41 | 5.55 |
| 0 | 25.99 | 27.03 | 26.92 | |
| SPEECH | T | 4.19 | 4.55 | 4.07 |
| 0 | 7.64 | 7.81 | 6.99 | |
| LYMPHATIC GLANDS | T | 0.25 | 0.61 | 0.58 |
| 0 | 10.34 | 8.22 | 7.69 | |
| HEART *Congenital | T | *0.49 †0.62 | *1.58 †0.52 | 2.48 |
| † Acquired | 0 | *4.06 †3.82 | *5.98 †2.70 | 8.39 |
| LUNGS | T | 4.19 | 5.28 | 5.41 |
| 0 | 12.57 | 12.86 | 11.74 | |
| DEVELOPMENT | ||||
| (a) Hernia | T | 1.23 | 1.09 | 1.12 |
| 0 | 3.45 | 3.25 | 2.86 | |
| (b) Other | T | 2.71 | 1.43 | 1.34 |
| 0 | 9.36 | 6.56 | 5.58 | |
| ORTHOPAEDIC | ||||
| (a) Posture | T | 0.74 | 0.79 | 0.97 |
| 0 | 6.16 | 4.72 | 4.77 | |
| (b) Feet | T | 2.96 | 3.68 | 3.37 |
| 0 | 10.34 | 13.98 | 14.96 | |
| (c) Other | T | 2.22 | 2.09 | 2.06 |
| 0 | 9.36 | 4.83 | 5.08 | |
| NERVOUS SYSTEM | ||||
| (a) Epilepsy | T | 1.11 | 1.63 | 1.46 |
| 0 | 2.71 | 1.53 | 1.41 | |
| (b) Other | T | 0.25 | 0.52 | 0.72 |
| 0 | 3.20 | 1.71 | 1.66 | |
| PSYCHOLOGICAL | ||||
| (a) Development | T | 1.23 | 1.64 | 1.49 |
| 0 | 11.70 | 6.17 | 5.36 | |
| (b) Stability | T | 2.96 | 2 52 | 2.40 |
| 0 | 16.50 | 11.81 | 10.83 | |
| ABDOMEN | T | 0.86 | 0.52 | 0.37 |
| 0 | 5.42 | 1.64 | 1.24 | |
| OTHER | T | 12.19 | 17.72 | 17.34 |
| 0 | 33.61 | 38.13 | 35.65 | |
| ‡T = Treatment 0 = Observation | ||||