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Croydon 1968

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Table 4

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AT ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS 1968 (Percentages of Children Examined)

Defects	Entrants		Inter-mediates		Entrants to Secondary School		Final Leavers		All Groups
Defects	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls.
Teeth	7.1	6.5	6.1	6.2	7.3	10.4	4.3	9.1	6.4	8.0
Skin	3.6	3.7	6.3	5.6	16.5	5.3	28.3	8.1	12.6	5.5
Eyes
Vision	14.3	13.9	14.8	17.4	19.1	22.2	18.4	21.0	16.5	18.5
Squint	2.7	2.3	2.1	1.9	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.9	1.6	1.6
Other	0.7	0.9	0.7	0.7	1.5	0.5	2.5	0.3	1.3	0.6
Ears -
Hearing	4.7	4.2	2.5	2.6	1.9	1.4	0.5	0.9	2.6	2.4
Otitis Media Other	2.6 0.5	3.6 0.7	1.6 0.5	1.7 0.3	1.0 0.9	0.7 0.4	0.2 0.3	0.6 0.5	1.5 0.6	1.8 0.5
Nose and Throat	11.8	10.9	6.1	7.3	6.7	4.5	3.3	2.2	7.3	6.4
Speech	4.0	2.0	1.9	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.3	1.9	1.0
Cervical Glands	1.6	1.6	0.4	0.5	1.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	1.0	0.7
Heart and Circulation	2.2	2.6	1.2	1.9	1.3	2.1	2.2	1.5	1.7	2.1
Lungs	3.0	2.4	2.6	1.7	2.7	1.5	1.7	1.3	2.6	1.8
Developmental
Hernia	1.0	0.7	0.5	0.4	1.1	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.8	0.4
Other	4.4	1.1	7.3	3.1	8.2	5.8	3.2	4.9	5.8	3.6
Orthopaedic
Posture	0.6	0.4	1.3	0.9	0.6	2.0	0.4	1.7	0.7	1.2
Flat Feet	2.4	1.7	1.5	1.9	7.0	2.7	3.2	1.0	3.6	1.9
Other	3.0	3.1	2.0	2.4	2.6	2.7	2.5	2.3	2.6	2.7
Nervous System
Epilepsy	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4
Other	1.6	0.7	1.4	1.3	1.4	0.3	0.6	0.5	1.3	0.7
Psychological
Development	1.3	0.8	1.1	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.1	0.3	0.8	0.6
Stability	3.7	3.5	3.3	2.3	2.0	1.8	0.5	1.1	2.5	2.2
Abdomen	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.2	0.9	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.9	0.8
Other Defects	1.6	1.4	0.8	1.5	1.5	1.4	0.7	2.4	1.2	1.6