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Croydon 1969

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Table 4

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AT ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS 1969

(Percentages of Children Examined)

Defects	Entrants		Intermediates		Entrants to Secondary Schools		Final Leavers		AII Groups
Defects	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls
Teeth	9.4	8.8	8.7	9.5	5.8	7.0	4.2	14.2	7.3	9.5
Skin	3.3	3.6	6.2	5.8	15.7	5.8	19.2	7.4	10.1	5.4
Eyes -
Vision	13.1	13.1	15.3	16.9	16.9	19.4	16.0	20.4	15.1	17.0
Squint	2.5	2.3	2.0	1.8	0.9	0.7	0.2	0.7	1.5	1.5
Other	1.1	0.6	0.5	0.4	2.5	0.4	2.1	0.4	1.8	0.5
Ears -
Hearing	5.2	5.6	3.0	3.0	2.8	1.7	1.0	1.1	3.2	3.1
Otitis Media	3.6	4.1	1.8	1.8	0.4	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.7	2.1
Other	0.4	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.4
Nose and Throat	11.2	10.4	7.5	7.1	5.9	4.1	2.4	2.3	7.2	6.4
Speech	4.1	2.4	1.8	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.5	0.2	2.0	1.1
Cervical Glands	1.4	0.9	0.7	0.9	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.6
Heart and Circulation	2.2	1.8	1.3	1.8	1.8	1.4	1.5	1.7	1.7	1.7
Lungs	3.7	2.4	2.5	1.5	2.6	1.2	2.0	0.7	2.8	1.5
Developmental -
Hernia	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.3
Other	4.2	1.5	4.8	3.2	8.6	4.9	1.8	5.7	5.1	3.6
Orthopaedic
Posture	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.5	1.5	0.2	1.6	0.5	1.0
Flat Feet	2.1	0.8	1.2	1.1	2.6	1.4	2.4	1.2	2.1	1.1
Other	2.4	2.3	1.8	1.5	2.1	3.0	1.4	1.2	2.0	2.1
Nervous System
Epilepsy	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4
Other	1.5	1.5	1.4	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.0	0.9
Psychological-
Development	1.8	1.1	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.8
Stability	3.1	2.7	3.1	2.4	1.9	2.1	0.4	1.1	2.3	2.2
Abdomen	0.9	1.0	0.6	1.2	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.7	0.6	0.9
Other Defects	1.2	1.4	1.5	2.1	0.8	1.3	0.1	1.5	1.0	1.6