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City of Westminster 1970

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Table 52.—Routine Medical Inspections 1970—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
		7,168	1970	1969
		7,168	160,516	159,217
DEFECTS
SKIN	T	7.67	10.55	9 .65
	o	14.09	11.24	12.61
EYES
(a) Vision	T	85.38	85.12	73.56
	o	47.57	48.25	55 .09
(b) Squint	T	7.95	10.74	8 .62
	o	6.14	4.68	5.61
(c) Other	T	2.37	1.58	1.43
	o	1.67	1.81	2.54
EARS
(a) Hearing	T	3.91	7.21	6.35
	o	5.02	6.67	7.90
(b) Otitis Media	T	2.09	2.43	1.71
	o	3.21	3.37	3.98
(c) Other	T	0.70	0.93	0 .80
	o	0.56	1.20	0.96
NOSE AND THROAT	T	7.11	5.96	5.41
	o	21 .07	23.93	27.03
SPEECH	T	5.16	4.98	4.55
	o	7.39	7.62	7.81
LYMPHATIC GLANDS	T	1.12	0.74	0.61
	o	11.16	7.73	8 .22
HEART *Congenital	T	*1 .81 † 1 .26	*2.63 †0.88	*1.58 †0.52
† Acquired	o	*4.05 †1.26	*4.67 †2.26	*5.98 †2.70
LUNGS	T	9.77	7.65	5 .28
	o	9.07	9.09	12.86
DEVELOPMENTAL
(a) Hernia	T	1.53	1.-41	1.09
	o	1 .81	2.40	3 .25
(b) Other	T	2.65	2.59	1.43
	o	6.70	5.10	6. 56
ORTHOPAEDIC
(a) Posture	T	1.26	1.16	0.79
	o	4.32	3.75	4.72
(b) Feet	T	4.46	4.80	3.68
	o	6.70	13.17	13.98
(c) Other	T	2.79	2 .60	2.09
	o	5.16	3.93	4 .83
NERVOUS SYSTEM
(a) Epilepsy	T	1.53	2.24	1.63
	o	0.70	1.03	1.53
(b) Other	T	1.67	1 .21	0.52
	o	0.98	1.35	1 .71
PSYCHOLOGICAL
(a) Development	T	1.26	2.08	1.64
	o	6.56	5.81	6.17
(b) Stability	T	2.93	3.49	2 .52
	o	17.02	11.13	11.81
ABDOMEN	T	0.84	0.93	0.52
	o	2.51	1.73	1.64
OTHER	T	18.94	21.45	17.72
	o	26.51	35.16	38.13

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‡T = Treatment O = Observation