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Croydon 1957

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Table V

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AT ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS 1957 (Percentages of Children examined)

Defect or Disease	Entrants		Intermediates		Leavers		Other Ages and 8 to 9 yrs.		All Groups
Defect or Disease	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls
Teeth	2.5	3.0	2.9	1.9	4.5	1.7	2.3	3.1	3.0	2.5
Skin	0.4	0.3	0.3	1.1	1.4	1.6	0.8	0.4	0.7	0.8
Eyes-
Vision	4.8	4.9	10.1	10.2	7.6	13.5	7.6	6.8	7.3	8.8
Squint	1.0	1.5	0.1	0.7	0.1	0.2	1.1	1.1	0.6	0.9
Other	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.4	0. 2	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.5
Ears-
Hearing	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.5
Otitis Media	0.9	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.4
Other	0.6	0.2	-	0.2	-	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Nose and Throat	8.3	7.8	0.8	2.4	0.2	0.6	5.0	5.0	3.9	4.0
Speech	2.5	1.4	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.7	0.2	1.0	0.5
Cervical Glands	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.1	-	0.7	0.9	0.5	0.4
Heart and Circulation	1.2	1.7	0.8	1.5	0.6	1.4	1.1	1.0	0.9	1.4
Lungs	3.0	2.4	0.8	1.1	0.7	0.8	1.6	1.4	1.6	1.4
Development-
Hernia	0.3	0.1	0.3	-	0.2	-	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.1
Other	0.9	0.1	3.4	0.1	0.5	-	1.3	-	0.4	0.1
Orthopaedic-
Posture	1.6	0.6	1.0	3.6	0.8	0.8	2.1	3.0	2.4	2.4
Flat Feet	3.0	1.2	5.7	3.1	1.4	1.1	2.2	1.2	1.9	1.9
Other	3.5	2.1	2.0	2.9	2.7	1.9	1.8	1.2	2.2	2.2
Nervous Diseases-
Epilepsy	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Other	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	01	0.2	0.2
Psychological-
Development	0.4	0.1	0.1	2.8	-	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2
Stability	0.9	0.4	2.5	0.8	-	0.4	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6
Dull and Backward	0.3	0.1	-	0.1	-	-	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1
Other Defects	2.5	2.2	1.4	3.3	0.1	3.1	2.0	1.9	1.6	2.6