[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham] page 56

Dagenham 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

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Table: 5,313 children were medically examined in the schools by school medical officers. Reference to the statistical table following will show in detail the number and type of defects discovered.

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5,313 children were medically examined in the schools by school medical officers. Reference to the statistical table following will show in detail the number and type of defects discovered.

Defect Code No.	Defect or Disease	Periodic Inspections								Special Inspection
		Entrants		Leavers		Others		Total (all groups)		Special Inspection
		Treatment	Observation	Treatment	Observation	Treatment	Observation	Treatment	Observation	Treatment	Observation
4	Skin	14	6	29	20	12	13	55	39	69	32
5	Eyes (a) Vision	19	24	100	45	114	88	233	157	23	23
	(b) Squint	33	14	11	11	20	24	64	49	6	7
	(c) Other	4	10	5	12	6	11	15	33	14	27
6	Ears (a) Hearing	5	1	5	4	-	5	10	10	14	22
	(6) Otitis Media	5	1	2	1	3	3	10	5	11	9
	(c) Other	1	2	11	2	1	4	13	8	2	1
7	Nose and Throat	65	86	6	12	44	39	115	137	44	47
8	Speech	19	25	1	1	4	11	24	37	49	15
9	Lymphatic Glands	33	37	1	-	10	10	44	47	5	5
10	Heart	6	13	7	8	17	24	30	45	12	25
11	Lungs	11	23	2	25	10	33	23	81	21	45
12	Developmental (a) Hernia	1	1	-	-	3	3	4	4	2	-
	(b) Other	4	10	3	5	8	18	15	33	3	9
13	Orthopaedic (a) Posture	4	10	2	10	19	15	25	35	5	4
	(b) Feet	10	21	5	30	32	21	47	72	10	10
	(c) Other	15	34	5	33	9	57	29	124	68	59
14	Nervous System (a) Epilepsy	-	1	2	2	4	1	6	4	2	3
	(b) Other	-	1	2	5	2	5	4	11	6	8
15	Psychological (a) Development	9	10	2	2	27	17	38	29	9	13
	(b) Stability	1	20	-	3	7	18	8	41	13	9
16	Abdomen	1	-	1	-	3	3	5	3	-	-
17	Other	87	5	16	1	103	5	206	11	141	394