[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley] page 91

Bromley 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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TABLE II.

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A. Return of Defects Found by Medical Inspections

Defect Code No.	Defect or Disease		Periodic Inspections. No. of Defects.		Special Inspections. No of Defects.
Defect Code No.	Defect or Disease		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		19	11	476	32
5	Eyes—	(a) Vision	148	113	118	30
		(b) Squint	10	11	23	9
		(c) Other	40	16	265	19
6	Ears—	(a) Hearing	4	4	23	10
		(b) Otitis Media	4	1	70	3
		(c) Other	—	—	215	12
7	Nose or Throat		69	138	322	109
8	Speech		6	8	15	3
9	Cervical Glands		3	5	14	10
10	Heart and Circulation		18	45	42	48
11	Lungs		3	12	53	14
12	Developmental—
	(a) Hernia		7	7	6	4
		(b) Other	1	11	16	16
13	Orthopaedic—
	(a) Posture		53	50	19	19
	(b) Flat Foot		42	100	50	21
	(c) Other		42	29	196	23
14	Nervous System—
	(a) Epilepsy		—	—	1	—
	(b) Other		4	10	23	17
15	Psychological—
	(a) Development		1	1	14	22
	(b) Stability		1	3	6	1
16	Other		60	76	730	133
	Totals		535	651	2,697	555

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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	734	416	56.68	307	41.83	11	1.50
Second Age Group	802	382	47.63	402	50.12	18	2.24
Third Age Group	571	298	52.19	259	45.36	14	2.45
Other periodic inspections	1,162	689	59.29	459	39.50	14	1.20
Total	3,269	1,785	54.60	1,427	43.65	57	1.74