[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Haringey] page 89

Haringey 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Haringey]

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SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE STATISTICS 1970

Pupils found to require treatment at Medical Inspections

Number of Individual Pupils found at periodic medical inspections to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin)

Year of Birth	For defective vision (excluding squint)	For any of the other conditions recorded	Total individual Pupils
1966 & later	6	51	56
1964	59	290	328
	159	608	698
1963	52	187	219
1962	33	107	125
1961	28	83	95
1960*	56*	137*	174*
1959*	104*	206*	274*
1958*	63*	138*	174*
1957	33	58	81
1956	229	312	463
1955 & earlier	349	383	631
TOTALS	1171	2560	3318

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*Signifies "Selective" medical examinations

Defect Code No.	Defect or Disease	Periodic Inspections						Special Inspections
Defect Code No.	Defect or Disease	Entrants		Leavers		Total including all other age groups inspected		Special Inspections
		T	O	T	O	T	0	T	O
4	Skin	99	230	144	188	341	557	440	94
5	Eyes (a) Vision	235	237	550	148	1171	544	249	115
	(b) Squint	100	41	30	10	197	81	23	11
	(c) Other	31	30	9	36	56	93	52	30
6	Ears (a) Hearing	51	53	35	27	156	191	59	70
	(b) Otitis Media	18	41	7	26	36	87	7	2
	(c) Other	77	51	46	17	183	102	167	54
7	Nose and Throat	117	403	43	93	237	705	75	92
8	Speech	46	103	5	15	75	210	30	16
9	Lymphatic Glands	5	115	1	20	8	187	3	24
10	Heart	23	123	16	25	63	206	55	42
11	Lungs	80	144	33	59	163	302	76	66
12	Developmental:
	(a) Hernia	9	52	—	5	13	80	5	10
	(b) Other	69	127	133	80	346	336	162	222
13	Orthopaedic:
	(a) Posture	15	29	47	74	134	149	13	26
	(b) Feet	207	243	94	134	468	529	82	76
	(c) Other	48	80	30	45	154	176	101	68
14	Nervous System:
	(a) Epilepsy	9	11	7	4	29	27	14	6
	(b) Other	10	17	7	14	35	47	11	50
15	Psychological:
	(a) Development	8	33	2	23	28	108	119	55
	(b) Stability	133	249	24	80	268	520	162	105
16	Abdomen	26	16	15	17	58	59	30	22
17	Other	51	30	45	21	136	77	198	100
T — Requiring Treatment O — Requiring Observation