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Croydon 1970

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Table 3

RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND AT ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS 1970

Defects	Boys			Girls
	Number requiring Treatment	Number requiring Observation	Percentage of total Defects	Number requiring Treatment	Number requiring Observation	Percentage of total Defects
	Uncleanliness -
Head/Body	8	7	0.2	11	18	0.4
Teeth	725	107	11.1	860	89	14.2
Skin	706	214	12.2	357	174	7.9
Eyes -
Defective Vision	817	760	21.1	922	848	26.4
Squint	127	13	1.9	138	14	2.3
External Eye Trouble	32	34	0.9	18	29	0.7
Ears -
Deafness	121	238	4.8	113	190	4.5
Otitis Media	46	160	2.7	30	142	2.6
Other Defects	10	30	0.5	22	31	0.8
Nose and Throat	161	524	9.2	155	463	9.3
Enlarged Cervical Glands	14	111	1.7	16	91	1.6
Speech	108	92	2.7	51	48	1.5
Heart and Circulation	53	113	2.2	52	128	2.7
Lungs	120	111	3.1	52	92	2.2
Developmental -
Hernia	32	43	1.0	6	26	0.5
Other Defects	183	328	6.8	53	237	4.3
Deformities -
Posture	16	34	0.7	31	82	1.7
Flat Feet	57	205	3.5	57	124	2.7
Other	81	173	3.4	52	179	3.4
Nervous System -
Epilepsy	16	19	0.5	17	16	0.5
Other	71	105	2.3	37	58	1.4
Psychological -
Development	26	64	1.2	12	35	0.7
Stability	57	182	3.2	37	156	2.9
Abdomen	37	50	1.2	24	63	1.3
Other Defects	32	109	1.9	46	194	3.5
TOTAL DEFECTS	3,656	3,826		3.169	3,527
Total Children Examined -	9,491 Boys			9,339 Girls