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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table IV
RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND IN THE COURSE OF ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION, 195S
| Defects | Boys | Girls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. requiring Treatment | No. referred lor Observation | Percentage of total Examined | No. requiring Treatment | No. referred for Observation | Percentage of total Examined | |
| Uncleanliness- | ||||||
| Head | 3 | - | 0.05 | 3 | - | 0.04 |
| Body | ||||||
| Skin Disease | 24 | 9 | 0.49 | 17 | 26 | 0.62 |
| Eye Disease - | ||||||
| Defective Vision | 273 | 124 | 5.88 | 311 | 138 | 6.50 |
| Squint | 15 | 7 | 0.33 | 21 | 16 | 0.54 |
| External Eye Trouble | 5 | 6 | 0.16 | 8 | 5 | 0.19 |
| Ear Disease - | ||||||
| Deafness | 15 | 41 | 0.83 | 15 | 48 | 0.91 |
| Otitis Media | 5 | 15 | 0.30 | 4 | 10 | 0.20 |
| Other Disease | 5 | 2 | 0.10 | 4 | 5 | 0.13 |
| Nose and Throat | 49 | 172 | 3.27 | 60 | 167 | 3.29 |
| Enlarged Cervical Glands (not T. B.) | - | 28 | 0.41 | 1 | 18 | 0.25 |
| Dental Defects | 53 | - | 0.78 | 36 | 3 | 0.56 |
| Speech Defects | 31 | 44 | 1.11 | 15 | 27 | 0.61 |
| Heart and Circulation | 11 | 31 | 0.62 | 5 | 46 | 0.74 |
| Lungs | 7 | 55 | 0.92 | 17 | 53 | 1.01 |
| Developmental- | ||||||
| 9 | 5 | 0.21 | 1 | - | 0.02 | |
| 53 | 80 | 1.97 | 2 | 40 | 0.61 | |
| Deformities- | ||||||
| Posture | 36 | 22 | 0.86 | 83 | 40 | 1.78 |
| Plat Feet | 54 | 103 | 2.32 | 69 | 79 | 2.14 |
| Others | 51 | 62 | 1.67 | 55 | 67 | 1.78 |
| Nervous System Disorders- | ||||||
| Epilepsy | - | 5 | 0.07 | 3 | 6 | 0.13 |
| Other | 3 | 7 | 0.15 | 5 | 17 | 0.32 |
| Psychological- | ||||||
| 5 | 7 | 0.18 | 2 | 7 | 0.13 | |
| 21 | 13 | 0.50 | 7 | 14 | 0.30 | |
| Abdomen | 2 | 5 | 0.10 | 1 | 10 | 0.16 |
| Other Defects and Diseases | 30 | 28 | 0.86 | 27 | 53 | 1.16 |
| 760 | 871 | 772 | 895 | |||
| 6,754 | 6,909 | |||||