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Croydon 1960

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Table VI

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AT ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS 1960 (Percentages of Children examined)

Defect or Disease	Entrants up to 6 years		Inter-mediates 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	2.2	2.1	1.4	2.1	1.1	0.8	1.5	1.3	1.5	1.6
Skin	0.9	0.9	2.0	2.3	2.3	1.4	1.1	1.1	1.5	1.4
Eyes - Vision	6.0	6.6	15.5	12.2	12.6	8.0	10.0	12.0	11.1	9.9
Squint	1.5	1.1	0.1	0. 4	-	0.2	0.7	0.9	0.6	0.7
Other	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4
Ears - Hearing	3.2	2.1	0.9	1.5	0.6	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.4	1.4
Otitis Media	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.5
Other	0.7	2.0	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2
Nose and Throat	9.7	9.9	1.3	3.4	0.6	1.2	3.2	5.0	3.5	5.0
Speech	4.2	2.1	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.2	0.9
Cervical Glands	2.5	2.0	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.0	0.7	0.9
Heart and Circulation	1.6	1.9	0.9	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.9	1.1	1.2
Lungs	2.8	1.8	1.6	0.9	1.2	0.9	1.9	1.5	1.8	1.4
Development -Hernia	0.3	0.1	0.2	-	0.2	-	0.2	-	0.2	-
Other	2.6	0.7	3.9	1.4	1.3	0.7	3.3	1.0	2.9	0.9
Orthopaedic -Posture	1.5	1.2	1.3	3.7	0.9	1.9	1.5	3.2	1.3	2.5
Fiat Feet	4.3	1.8	2.6	4.0	0.6	1.5	2.8	2.4	2.6	2.5
Other	3.5	3.4	1.4	2.6	1.1	3.0	1.5	2.3	1.8	2.8
Nervous Diseases -Epilepsy	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	-	0.1	0.1
Other	0.7	0.1	0.3	0.3	-	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3
Psychological -Development	1.0	0.5	0. 3	0.1	0.1	-	0.3	0.1	0. 4	0.2
Stability	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.3	0. 1	0.2	0.7	0.3	0.5	0.3
Dull and Backward	0.3	0.1	-	-	-	-	0.2	0.1	0.1	-
Other Defects	1.8	1.7	1.4	1.5	0.4	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.2	1.6