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City of Westminster 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table 45.—routine Medical inspections 1971—Defects NUMBER of CHILDREN notED For TREATMENT or 0bservation EXPRESSED AS A RATE PER 1,000 INSPECTED
| Number inspected | City of Westminster | Inner London Education Authority | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8,216 | 1971 157,966 | 1970 160,516 | ||
| DEFECTS | † | |||
| SKIN | T | 6.21 | 10.57 | 10.55 |
| 0 | 10.10 | 10.25 | 11;24 | |
| EYES | ||||
| (a) Vision | T | 100.66 | 86.95 | 85.12 |
| 0 | 48.20 | 46.03 | 48.25 | |
| (b) Squint | T | 10.10 | 9.86 | 10.74 |
| 0 | 6.45 | 4.47 | 4.68 | |
| (c) 0ther | T | 1.10 | 1.56 | 1.58 |
| 0 | 2.19 | 1.69 | 1.81 | |
| EARS | ||||
| (a) Hearing | T | 4.26 | 7.71 | 7.21 |
| 0 | 5.96 | 6.51 | 6.67 | |
| (b) 0titis Media | T | 0.49 | 2.27 | 2.43 |
| 0 | 4.87 | 3.15 | 3.37 | |
| (c) 0ther | T | 0.49 | 1.18 | 0.93 |
| 0 | 0.24 | 0.86 | 1.20 | |
| N0SE AND THR0AT | T | 3.77 | 5.36 | 5.96 |
| 0 | 18.14 | 20.40 | 23.93 | |
| SPEECH | T | 4.14 | 5.25 | 4.98 |
| 0 | 6.57 | 7.14 | 7.62 | |
| LYMPAHATIC GLANDS | T | 0.85 | 0.72 | 0.74 |
| 0 | 6.69 | 6.19 | 7.73 | |
| HEART *C0ngenital | T | *2.31 +0.85 | *2.53 +0.84 | *2.63 +0.88 |
| +Acquired | 0 | *3.16 +2.43 | *4.62 +2.23 | *4.67 +2.26 |
| LUNGS | T | 5.97 | 7.92 | 7.65 |
| 0 | 7.31 | 8.66 | 9.09 | |
| Developmental | ||||
| (a) Hernai | T | 0.97 | 1.33 | 1.41 |
| 0 | 2.56 | 2.69 | 2.40 | |
| (b) OTHER | T | 2.92 | 2.85 | 2.59 |
| 0 | 5.36 | 4.95 | 5.10 | |
| orTH0PAEDIC | ||||
| (a) Posture | T | 1.46 | 1.19 | 1.16 |
| 0 | 2.07 | 3.28 | 3.75 | |
| (b) Feet | T | 1.46 | 4.13 | 4.80 |
| 0 | 4.26 | 10.72 | 13.17 | |
| (c) 0ther | T | 3.65 | 2.98 | 2.60 |
| 0 | 3.04 | 3.30 | 3.93 | |
| NERV0US SYSTEM | ||||
| (a) Epilepsy | T | 1.58 | 2.06 | 2.24 |
| 0 | 1.22 | 1.23 | 1.03 | |
| (b) OTHER | T | 1.10 | 1.48 | 1.21 |
| 0 | 1.58 | 1.35 | 1.35 | |
| Psychological | ||||
| (a) Devel0pment | T | 2.31 | 2.09 | 2.08 |
| 0 | 8.76 | 6.36 | 5.81 | |
| (b) Stability | T | 5.60 | 3.32 | 3.49 |
| 0 | 13.02 | 11.62 | 11.13 | |
| ABD0MEN | T | 1.95 | 0.86 | 0.93 |
| 0 | 2.07 | 1.54 | 1.73 | |
| OTHER | T | 0.24 | 0.91 | 21.45 |
| 0 | 0.73 | 1.37 | 35.16 | |
| †T = Treatment 0 = 0bservation | ||||