[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton] page 63

Edmonton 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table II.

A RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1947.

Detect Code No.	Defect or Disease	PERIODIC INSPECTIONS		SPECIAL INSPECTIONS
		No. of Defects		No. of Defects
		Requiring Treatment	Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment	Requiring Treatment	Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
4	Skin	192	9	285	23
5	Eyes—a. Vision	298	46	56	8
	b. Squint	32	5	7	t
	c. Other	105	12	97	5
6	Ears—a. Hearing	31	7	42	3
	b. Otitis Media	2	—	7	—
	c. Other	58	9	132	15
7	Nose or Throat	529	515	641	327
8	Speech	32	13	19	3
9	Cervical Glands	24	173	15	45
10	Heart and Circulation	40	70	29	33
11	Lungs	176	79	87	43
12	Developmental—
	a. Hernia	—	—	—	—
	b. Other	—	1	—	—
13	Orthopaedic—
	a. Posture	235	19	187	10
	b. Flat foot	320	25	276	13
	c. Other	371	63	423	41
14	Nervous system—
	a. Epilepsy	3	1	5	1
	b. Other	43	29	56	27
15	Psychological—
	a. Development	12	8	43	15
	b. Stability	7	1	15	4
16	Other	967	293	1854	725

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B. CLASSIFICATION OF THE GENERAL CONDITION OF PUPILS INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE AGE GROUPS

Age Groups	Number of Pupils Inspected	A (Good)		B (Fair)		C (Poor)
Age Groups	Number of Pupils Inspected	No.	% of col. 2	No.	, % of col. 2	No.	% of col. 2
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)
Entrants	2124	805	37.90	1190	56.03	129	6.07
Second Age Gronp	2490	818	32.85	1485	59.64	187	7.51
Third Age Group	1213	459	37.84	675	55.65	79	6.51
Other Periodic Inspections	54	15	27.78	36	66.67	3	5.55
Total	5881	2097	35.66	3386	57.57	398	6.77