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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table VI
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AT ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS 1962 (Percentages of Children examined)
| Defect or Disease | Ed tracts | Intermediates | Entrants to Secondary School | Final Leavers | All Groups | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |
| Teeth | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1. 7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2. 2 |
| Skin | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1. 1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1. 1 | 0. 4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1. 0 |
| Eyes - Vision | 6.6 | 5.0 | 9. 2 | 8.9 | 11. 4 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 10. 3 | 9. 3 |
| Squint | 0.9 | 1. 5 | 0. 6 | 0.8 | 0. 3 | _ | 0. 2 | 0. 1 | 0. 5 | 0. 6 |
| Other | 0.3 | 0. 5 | 0. 1 | - | 0.9 | 0. 4 | 0. 5 | 0. 2 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Ears -Hearing | 3. 3 | 4.7 | 1. 4 | 1.2 | 1. 2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 1. 8 |
| Otitis Media | 0. 7 | 0. 6 | - | 0. 1 | 0.3 | 0. 1 | 0. 2 | 0. 1 | 0. 3 | 0.2 |
| Other | 0. 3 | 0. 4 | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0. 2 | 0. 3 |
| Nose and Throat | 8.7 | 8. 5 | 2. 6 | 3.9 | 1. 2 | 1.5 | 0. 5 | 0. 4 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| Speech | 3. 5 | 1. 8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0. 5 | 0. 3 | 0. 2 | 0. 1 | 1. 3 | 0.7 |
| Cervical Glands | 0.9 | 0. 4 | 0. 3 | 0. 5 | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | 0.1 | - | 0. 4 | 0. 2 |
| Heart and Circulation | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0. 9 | 0. 1 | 0.7 | 0. 2 | 0. 1 | 0.8 | 0. 6 |
| Lungs | 1.9 | 1. 4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0. 7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1. 1 | 0.7 |
| Development -Hernia | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | 0.3 | 0. 1 | 0. 2 | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | - | 0. 2 | 0. 1 |
| otner | 3.0 | 1. 1 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 6. 3 | 1. 5 | 1. 3 | 0. 5 | 3.9 | 1.2 |
| Orthopaedic -Posture | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0. 6 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| Flat Feet Other | 3. 3 | 1.4 | 1. 5 | 1.0 | 1. 5 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0. 5 | 1.8 | 1. 1 |
| other | 3. 1 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1. 5 | 0.7 | 1. 1 | 1.7 | 1. 5 |
| Nervous Diseases -Epilepsy | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | 0.2 | 0. 1 | 0. 2 | - | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | 0. 1 |
| other | 0. 5 | 0. 3 | 0. 2 | 0.3 | 0. 3 | 0. 2 | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | 0. 3 | 0. 2 |
| Psychological -Development | 0. 4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0. 4 | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | - | 0. 3 | 0.3 |
| Stability | 0.8 | 1. 1 | 0.7 | 0. 2 | 0. 2 | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | 0. 4 | 0.4 |
| Dull and Backward | 0. 2 | - | - | - | _ | _ | _ | - | 0. 1 | _ |
| Abdomen | 0. 2 | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | 0. 4 | 0. 1 | 0.3 | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | 0.1 | 0. 2 |
| Other Defects | 1. 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1. 1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 |