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Croydon 1972

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Table 4

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AT ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS 1972(Percentages of Children Examined)

Defects	Entrants		Inter-mediates		Entrants to High Schools		Final Leavers		All Groups
Defects	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls
Teeth	9.8	10.0	10.0	11.2	4.5	9.3	3.0	7.0	7.2	9.6
Skin	4.2	3.7	6.4	6.7	1 1.4	8.2	11.4	4.9	8.0	5.9
Eyes -
Vision	15.4	16.2	19.5	21.4	1 6.9	22.0	17.5	24.8	17.3	20.6
Squint	2.8	2.7	2.0	1.5	0.8	1.5	0.7	0.8	1.6	1.7
Other	0.7	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.6
Ears -
Hearing	5.3	5.6	2.8	2.4	2.1	2.4	0.9	1.2	2.9	3.1
Otitis Media	3.0	3.0	1.2	1.6	0.4	1.3	0.1	0.4	1.3	1.7
Other	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.3
Nose and Throat	8.7	7.6	6.4	5.6	3.4	4.0	1 .4	1.8	5.3	5.1
Speech	3.8	2.1	1.6	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.2	0.1	1.7	1.1
Cervical Glands	0.9	1.2	1.7	1.8	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.9	0.9
Heart and Circulation	2.0	1.8	1.3	1.4	1.2	1.5	1.7	1.7	1.5	1.6
Lungs	3.5	2.1	2.7	1.5	2.6	1.7	1.9	0.9	2.7	1.6
Developmental -
Hernia	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.4	-	0.5	0.4
Other	6.4	1.1	5.2	2.3	7.5	5.8	3.3	2.4	5.7	2.9
Orthopaedic -
Posture	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.9	0.3	1.1	0.5	0.7
Flat Feet	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.9	1.1	1.3	1.0	1.8	1.5
Other	2.3	1.7	2.1	1.8	1.4	3.4	1.4	2.4	1.8	2.3
Nervous System -
Epilepsy	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.3
Other	3.6	2.1	2.0	1.1	1.2	0.7	0.3	0.5	1.9	1.2
Psychological -
Development	1.5	1.2	1.0	0.9	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.2	0.8	0.7
Stability	2.0	1.6	2.0	1.3	1.1	1.4	0.8	0.8	1.5	1.3
Abdomen	1.3	1.2	0.5	1.0	0.4	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.7	0.9
Other Defects	1.2	1.2	1.2	2.0	1.5	2.6	0.3	2.7	1.1	2.1