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Croydon 1959

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Table VI

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AT ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS 1959 (Percentages ofchildren examined)

Defect or Disease	Entrants up to 6 years		Intermediates 11 and 12 years		Leavers 14 and Over		Other Ages		All Groups
Defect or Disease	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls
Teeth	1.2	1.2	3.7	1.7	2.5	1.3	2.3	2.2	2.3	1.6
Skin	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.7	1.9	1.2	1.3	0.8	1.4	1.2
Eyes -
Vision	6.5	7.4	11.5	11.6	12.8	14.2	10.0	8.5	10.0	10.4
Squint	1.8	1.9	-	0.7	0.1	0.6	0.4	0.8	0.6	1.0
Other	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.3
Ears -
Hearing	1.9	1.5	0.8	1.0	0.7	0.9	1.1	0.8	1.2	1.1
Otitis Media	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3
Other	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Nose and Throat	10.4	9.7	0.9	2.3	0.3	1.2	3.7	5.3	4.2	4.8
Speech	4.2	1.7	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.6	1.3	0.7
Cervical Glands	1.4	1.5	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.9	0.6	0.7
Heart and Circulation	0.9	0.7	0.7	1.0	1.2	1.4	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.9
Lungs	2.2	2.2	0.4	1.4	1.2	0.6	1.9	1.2	1.5	1.3
Development -
Hernia	0.5	-	0.3	-	0.2	0.1	0.2	-	0.3	-
Other	2.1	0.5	3.0	1.2	1.1	0.7	3.4	0.5	2.4	0.7
Orthopaedic -
Posture	1.0	1.2	1.0	4.3	1.0	2.7	1.6	1.8	1.2	2.4
Flat Feet	4.4	1.9	4.5	4.8	2.4	1.8	2.6	3.7	3.4	3.0
Other	3.6	3.2	1.4	3.5	2.0	4.4	2.2	2.7	2.4	3.3
Nervous Diseases -
Epilepsy	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2
Other	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.4
Psychological -
Development	0.5	0.5	0.1	-	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2
Stability	1.3	0.9	1.0	0.4	0.1	-	0.7	0.2	0.8	0.4
Dull and Backward	-	-	-	0.2	0.1	-	0.2	-	0.1	0.1
Other Defects	1.7	2.0	0.7	2.1	0.8	1.4	1.1	1.3	1.1	1.7