[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond] page 72

Richmond upon Thames 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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Table IV.

Defects found by medical inspection in the year ended 31st December, 1971. 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	64	68	43	40	83	65	190	173
5	Eyes: a. Vision	82	170	81	136	127	229	290	535
	b. Squint	51	58	8	11	20	27	79	96
	c. Other	8	18	2	16	6	32	16	66
6	Ears: a. Hearing	20	139	4	29	5	71	29	239
	b. Otitis media	23	68	3	6	5	28	31	102
	c. Other	10	7	1	13	6	7	17	27
7	Nose and throat	67	282	6	30	19	101	92	413
8	Speech	61	99	4	9	35	12	100	120
9	Lymphatic glands	16	90	—	5	2	21	18	116
10	Heart	4	32	2	9	1	15	7	56
11	Lungs	21	73	4	22	16	35	41	130
12	Developmental:
	a. Hernia	9	21	1	2	—	4	10	27
	b. Other	18	129	2	11	20	49	40	189
13	Orthopaedic:
	a. Posture	11	30	2	12	12	18	25	60
	b. Feet	26	91	5	18	9	49	40	158
	c. Other	9	45	3	6	5	29	17	80
14	Nervous system:
	a. Epilepsy	6	9	2	5	14	12	22	26
	b. Other	1	22	1	10	4	25	6	57
15	Psychological:
	a. Develop ment	31	49	4	8	161	40	196	97
	b. Stability	26	93	1	20	73	95	100	208
16	Abdomen	5	19	-	4	3	11	8	34
17	Other	48	202	21	87	55	114	124	403
(T) Requiring treatment. (O) Requiring observation.