[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon] page 230

Croydon 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table IX.

Return of Defects Found in the Course of Medical Inspection 1932.

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	16	15	0.69	14	18	0.77
Uncleanliness— Head Body	1	—	0.02	2	—	0.05
Skin Disease	5	1	0.14	4	2	0.05
Eye Diseases— Defective Vision	184	14	4.50	197	11	5.04
Squint	17	5	0.50	27	6	0.80
External Eye Trouble	3	1	0.09	4	3	0.17
Ear Diseases— Deafness	1	5	0.14	6	3	0.22
Otitis Media	10	3	0.29	8	1	0.22
Other Diseases	3	2	0.11	—	2	0.05
Nose and Throat— Enlarged Tonsils only	76	100	4.00	81	134	5.18
Adenoids only	20	17	0.84	19	13	0.77
Enlarged Tonsils & Adenoids	178	43	5.02	138	46	4.45
Other Conditions	26	2	0.64	15	4	0.46
Enlarged Cervical Glands (not T.B.)	1	20	0.48	—	12	0.29
Denial Defects	68	2	1.59	79	4	2.01
Speech Defects	5	3	0.18	2	2	0.10
Heart and Circulation— Organic	3	82	1.93	4	83	2.11
Functional	—	39	0.89	1	39	0.97
Anæmia	4	17	0.48	—	18	0.44
Bronchitis	3	20	0.50	1	11	0.29
Other Non-T.B	—	7	0.16	—	4	0.10
Pulmonary Tuberculosis	—	4	0.09	1	2	0.07
Other Tuberculosis	1	1	0.04	—	3	0.07
Nervous System Disorders (including Epilepsy, Chorea, etc.)	5	27	0.73	4	18	0.53
Deformities— tickets	—	—	—	1	—	0.02
Spinal Curvature	28	16	1.00	59	23	1.98
Others	22	15	0.84	20	15	0.85
Other Defects and Diseases	7	17	0.54	13	14	0.65
Totals	686	478	26.45	700	491	28.83
Total Children Examined	4401			4131