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Willesden 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table 75

Defects Found by Medical Inspection

Defect or disease	Periodic inspections								Special inspections
Defect or disease	Entrants		Leavers		Others		Total		Special inspections
*	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)
Skin	14	45	38	81	42	79	92	205	255	40
Eyes (a) Vision	10	37	136	132	280	318	426	485	22	14
(b) Squint	18	37	—	20	7	40	25	97	3	3
(c) Other	11	24	6	16	17	20	34	60	51	38
Ears (a) Hearing	4	28	5	17	9	53	18	98	75	9
(b) Otitis media	6	59	2	18	4	32	12	109	—	9
(c) Other	2	20	5	5	3	8	10	33	26	29
Nose and throat	48	274	8	37	50	150	106	461	44	30
Speech	21	62	5	3	14	35	40	100	69	8
Lymphatic glands	3	77	2	6	6	48	11	131	5	—
Heart	3	28	—	21	3	44	6	93	—	1
Lungs	6	140	2	35	10	74	18	249	17	7
Developmental (a) Hernia	3	11	—	3	3	10	6	24	—	2
(b) Other	4	67	2	28	16	124	22	215	2	1
Orthopaedic (a) Posture	3	37	24	68	52	110	79	215	7	3
(b) Feet	14	56	53	74	56	108	123	238	2	3
(c) Other	9	46	32	42	28	83	69	171	30	33
Nervous system (a) Epilepsy	—	4	1	4	—	9	1	17	—	3
(b) Other	1	15	—	4	—	16	1	35	—	2
Psychological (a) Development	—	29	2	17	8	68	10	114	2	11
(b) Stability	2	107	1	102	—	212	3	421	6	12
Abdomen	2	14	1	15	—	42	3	71	2	1
Other	195	46	136	51	300	147	631	244	355	41
Totals	379	1,263	461	799	908	1,830	1,746	3,886	973	300
* (a) Requiring treatment (b) Requiring observation.