[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon] page 229

Croydon 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table XIV.

Return of Defects Found in the Course of Medical Inspection 1930.

Defects.	Boys.			Girls.
Defects.	No. requiring Treatment.	No. referred for Observation.	Percentage of total Examined.	No. requiring Treatment.	No. referred for Observation.	Percentage of total Examined.
Malnutrition	33	20	1.22	32	28	1.47
Uncleanliness—
Head	3	4	0.16	2	2	0.10
Body	—	—	—	—	—	—
Skin Disease	7	10	0.39	5	9	0.34
Eye Diseases—
Defective Vision	185	15	4.61	215	40	6.25
Squint	14	6	0.46	25	4	0.71
External Eye Trouble	3	6	0.21	–	9	0.22
Ear Diseases—
Deafness	3	6	0.21	6	4	0.24
Otitis Media	9	3	0.28	5	5	0.24
Other Diseases	1	3	0.09	3	1	0.10
Nose and Throat—
Enlarged Tonsils only	142	140	6.49	148	121	6.59
Adenoids only	34	28	1.43	37	26	1.54
Enlarged Tonsils & Adenoids	159	50	4.81	135	47	4.48
Other Conditions	28	7	0.81	22	7	0.71
Enlarged Cervical Glands (not T.B.)	4	35	0.90	—	37	0.91
Dental Defects	320	12	7.64	281	25	7.49
Speech Defects	1	5	0.14	—	—	—
Heart and Circulation—
Organic	2	55	1.31	4	51	1.35
Functional	—	17	0.39	—	40	0.98
Anemia	8	24	0.74	15	32	1.15
Bronchitis	1	30	0.71	4	16	0.49
Other Non T.B.	3	5	0.18	1	4	0.12
Pulmonary Tuberculosis	–	5	0.12	1	5	0.15
Other Tuberculosis	3	7	0.23	2	2	0.10
Nervous System Disorders (including Epilepsy, Chorea, etc.)	2	16	0.41	1	29	0.73
Deformities—
Rickets	1	—	0.02	1	2	0.07
Spinal Curvature	57	85	2.12	92	46	3.38
Others	45	10	1.27	43	15	1.42
Other Defects and Diseases	12	34	1.06	8	57	1.59
Totals	1080	588	38.41	1088	664	42.92
Total Children Examined	4343			4083