[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough] page 128

Wandsworth 1972

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

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Number examined	1972		1971
Number examined	16,356		17,713
Defects	Rate per thousand
Defects	Treatment	Observation	Treatment	Observation
Skin	9.17	5.81	10.22	4.80
Eye—vision	109.01	50.56	94.45	41.55
Squint	6.97	5.69	6.83	3.84
Other	0.98	0.67	3.02	1.02
Ear—Hearing	9.11	9.23	7.62	9.26
Otitis media	2.57	1.83	1.98	3.16
Other	1.83	0.79	0.96	0.73
Nose and throat	5.56	11.74	3.39	16.03
Speech	5.38	6.79	4.16	6.61
Lymphatic glands	0.86	1.47	0.45	3.78
Heart—Congenital	1.71	4.28	1.24	5.98
Acquired	0.79	3.48	0.28	2.54
Lung—Bronchitis	1.83	1.90	1.35	2.60
Asthma	4.59	3.97	3.22	3.50
Other	0.75	0.86	1.13	1.52
Developmental—Hernia	1.10	1.41	0.90	1.24
Other	1.28	3.91	1.52	3.50
Orthopaedic—Posture	1.22	2.08	1.24	3.73
Feet	5.93	3.00	5.76	4.91
Other	2.32	1.28	2.43	2.09
Nervous-—Epilepsy	1.16	0.86	1.52	0.73
Other	3.22	1.04	0.79	1.02
Psycho—Development	2.75	5.81	2.03	4.74
Stability	4.65	11.43	3.67	8.36
Abdomen	0.55	1.71	0.45	1.13
Other—Debility	0.37	2.26	0.56	1.35
Enuresis	11.49	12.47	9.09	12.82
Obesity	6.65	5.38	5.36	6.38
Other	9.42	4.83	5.14	3.33

Table: Details of non-routine medical inspections carried out in 1971 and 1972 are as follows:-TABLE 45

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TABLE 45

	1972	1971
Re-inspection	8,722	7,895
Other non-routine inspections (see table below)	4.742	5,346
7-plus experimental scheme inspection	109	120
Totals	13,573	13,361
Total routine and non-routine inspections	29,929	31,124