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Table VI

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AT ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS 1963 (Percentages of Children examined)

Defect or Disease	Entrants		Intermediates		Entrants to Secondary School		final Leavers		All Groups
Defect or Disease	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Beys	Girl
Teeth	2.8	2.5	2.4	2.9	1.5	1.6	1.0	1.4	2.0	2. 1
Skin	1.1	1.0	1.5	1.1	1.5	2.1	1.1	0. 6	1.3	1.2
Eyes -Vision	9.1	8.7	9. 6	13. 6	12.1	10. 8	15.4	13. 1	11. I	11.5
Squint	1.5	1.3	0.7	1.1	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	0. 8	0.7
Other	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.8	0.3	0.7	0.2	0. 5	0.3
Ears -Hearing	4.7	4.3	2.1	1.8	1.7	1.3	1.4	0. 6	2.7	2.0
Otitis Media	0.6	1.1	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.2	-	0. 1	0.3	0. 4
Other	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.2
Nose and Throat	9.9	8.7	3.0	3.0	2.0	2.5	0.3	0.5	4.5	3.7
Speech	3.1	2.1	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	1.2	0. 7
Cervical Glands	1.3	1.1	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.2	-	-	0.5	0.4
Heart and
Circulation	1.2	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.6	1.1	0.7	0.6	0. 8	0.8
Lungs	2. 9	2. 0	1.1	0.9	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.3	1.5	1.0
Development -Hernia	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.3		0.1		0.4	0. 1
Other	3.2	0.8	3.4	0.7	4.6	0.6	1.2	0.7	3.3	0. 7
Orthopaedic -Posture	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.9	2.5	0.8	2.1	1.4	1.9
Plat Feet	3.2	1.3	1.9	0.8	0.3	1.3	0.7	0.4	2.0	1.0
Other	4.2	2.2	2.1	0.8	1.5	1.6	0.7	0.9	2.1	1.4
Nervous Diseases -Epilepsy	0.1	0.1				0.1	0. 1	0.l	0.1	0.1
Other	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	-	0.3	0.4	0.3
Psychological -Development	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.1	0. 1	0.1	-	0.3	0.2
Stability	1.0	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.1	-	0.5	0.4
Dull and Backward	0.1	-	0.2		0.1	-	-	-	0. 1	-
Abdomen	0 1	0. 1	0.2	0.1	0.1	-	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Other Defects	1.9	1.8	0.5	0. 9	0.7	1.1	1.1	0.8	1.1	1.1