[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond] page 93

Richmond upon Thames 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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Table: Table IV.Defects found by medical inspection in the year ended 31st December, 1968. TABLE A.-PERIODIC INSPECTIONS.

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Table IV.

Defects found by medical inspection in the year ended 31st December, 1968. TABLE A.-PERIODIC INSPECTIONS.

Defect code number	Defect or disease	Periodic inspections
		Entrants		Leavers		Others		Total
		(T)	(O)	(T)	(O)	(T)	(O)	(T)	(O)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
4	Skin	24	41	44	37	51	29	119	107
5	Eyes: a. Vision	58	71	185	130	121	107	364	308
	b. Squint	30	13	2	12	10	6	42	31
	c. Other	2	7	2	8	5	15	9	30
6	Ears: a. Hearing	8	87	4	37	4	44	16	168
	b. Otitis media	9	46	3	9	—	24	12	79
	c. Other	14	15	10	4	17	6	41	25
7	Nose and throat	32	130	8	30	6	45	46	205
8	Speech	14	29	—	4	11	14	25	47
9	Lymphatic glands	4	54	—	1	—	17	4	72
10	Heart	2	20	—	11	1	18	3	49
11	Lungs	8	26	2	19	11	27	21	72
12	Developmental:
	a. Hernia	5	5	—	—	1	3	6	8
	b. Other	5	42	—	13	12	40	17	95
13	Orthopaedic:
	a. Posture	4	14	3	9	9	8	16	31
	b. Feet	18	61	6	22	25	48	49	131
	c. Other	9	36	6	23	6	19	21	78
14	Nervous system:
	a. Epilepsy	1	6	6	3	4	5	11	14
	b. Other	—	7	—	4	—	12	—	23
15	Psychological:
	a. Development	1	17	—	2	1	74	2	93
	b. Stability	2	82	1	18	5	81	8	181
16	Abdomen	4	20	1	14	2	10	7	44
17	Other	13	37	16	76	30	57	59	170
(T) Requiring treatment.				(O) Requiring observation.