[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough] page 104

Wandsworth 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: The following table shows the number of children referred for treatment or observation of the defects listed at routine general medical inspections during 1970, expressed as a rate per 1,000 children inspected, together with the corresponding rates for 1969.

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The following table shows the number of children referred for treatment or observation of the defects listed at routine general medical inspections during 1970, expressed as a rate per 1,000 children inspected, together with the corresponding rates for 1969.

Numbers examined	1970		1969
Numbers examined	17,915		17,789
Defects	Rate per thousand
Defects	Treatment	Observation	Treatment	Observation
Skin diseases	8.82	4.30	12.03	6.80
Eyes—vision	88.98	42.70	88.59	47.39
squint	7.87	5.36	6.24	6.35
other	1.40	1.23	1.24	1.01
Defective hearing	6.31	11.55	6.75	13.83
Otitis media	1.95	2.18	1.80	5.23
Nose and throat	4.41	15.85	4.22	19.17
Defective speech	4.19	7.09	4.38	7.87
Enlarged cervical glands	0.28	2.57	0.45	3.32
Heart and circulation	1.96	8.59	1.86	9.89
Lungs	5.80	7.54	3.77	9.84
Orthopaedic defects	13.11	12.78	9.44	16.70
Defects of nervous system	2.34	1.67	1.80	3.43
Psychological defects	5.52	12.84	5.85	14.84
Developmental—hernia	0.95	1.28	0.62	1.97
other	1.51	4.19	1.12	4.50
Abdomen	0.67	1.28	0.45	1.29

Table: Details of non-routine medical inspections carried out in 1969 and 1970 are as follows:—

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Details of non-routine medical inspections carried out in 1969 and 1970 are as follows:—

	1970	1969
Reinspections	8,262	8,853
Secondary school annual surveys	66	75
Other non-routine inspections (see table below)	5,690	6,315
7-plus experimental scheme inspections	128	81
Totals	14,146	15,324
Total routine and non-routine inspections	32,061	33,113

Table: Analysis of non-routine medical inspections

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Analysis of non-routine medical inspections

Nature of Inspection	Number inspected
Bathing centre inspections:	1970	1969
Scabies	—	—
Other	4	—
Employment certificates	411	543
Theatrical children	70	31

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Wandsworth 1970

Table: The following table shows the number of children referred for treatment or observation of the defects listed at routine general medical inspections during 1970, expressed as a rate per 1,000 children inspected, together with the corresponding rates for 1969.

Table: Details of non-routine medical inspections carried out in 1969 and 1970 are as follows:—

Table: Analysis of non-routine medical inspections