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

Croydon 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

This page requires JavaScript

Download table as:

Table VI

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AT ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS 1961(Percentages of Children examined)

Defect or Disease	Entrants		later-mediates		Leavers		Other Ages		All Groups
Defect or Disease	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls
Teeth	2.5	2.4	1.7	2.0	1.4	0.9	1.5	2.8	1.8	1.8
Skin	1.3	0.4	1.4	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.8	1.4	1.1	0.8
Eyes- Vision	5.1	6.4	8. 5	8.3	10.5	13.2	7.9	9.7	9.2	9.6
Squint	0.8	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.6
Other	0.3	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.4	0.4
Ears- Hearing	2.2	2.1	1.0	1.7	0.8	0.9	1.9	1.2	1.4	1.5
Otitis Media	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.3	-	0.2	0.3
Other	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2
Nose and Throat	8.4	7.5	3.9	4.7	0.7	1.5	2.2	2.6	3.9	4.3
Speech	2.0	1.4	1.0	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.7	1.0	0.7
Cervical Glands	1.2	1.3	1. 5	1.0	0.1	0.1	1.3	1.0	0.9	0.8
Heart and Circulation	1.0	0.6	0. 5	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.5	1.6	0.7	0.8
Lungs	2.0	1.2	2.0	0.9	0.7	0.9	2.0	0.7	1.5	1.0
Development-Hernia	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	-	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1
Other	2.6	0.7	3. 4	0.8	2.3	0.8	6.1	1.6	3.0	0.8
Orthopaedic-Posture	0.9	0.8	2.0	1.6	0.7	2.7	1.5	1.9	1.1	1.8
Plat Feet	2.3	2.1	2. 3	1.0	1.6	1.7	3.0	1.9	1.1	1.7
Other	3.5	2.4	2.0	2.2	1.4	1.5	2.5	1.4	2.3	1.9
Nervous Diseases-Epilepsy	-	-	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	-	-	0.1	0.1
Other	0.5	0.1	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.3
Psychological-Development	0.6	0.3	0. 4	0.3	0.1	-	1.3	-	0.4	0.2
Stability	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.4	-	0.5	0.3
Dull and Backward	0.1	0.1	0.1	-	-	0.2	-	0.2	0.1	0.1
Abdomen	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.2	0.1	0.2
Other Defects	1.2	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.7	1.4	1.5	1.7	1.2	1.2