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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sutton 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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DEFECTS FOUND BY PERIODIC AND SPECIAL MEDICAL INSPECTIONS
NOTE: All defects, including defects of pupils at Nursery and Special Schools, noted at periodic and special medical inspections are included in this table, whether or not they were under treatment or observation at the time of the inspection. This table includes separately the number of pupils found to require treatment (T) and the number of pupils found to require observation (0)
| Defect Code No. | Defect or Disease | Periodic Inspections | Special Inspections | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | Leavers | Others | Total | ||||
| 4 | Skin | T | 28 (l6) | 48 (70) | 73 (89) | 149(175) | 347 (458) |
| 0 | 51 (38) | 39 (19) | 55 (58) | 145(115) | 1 (24) | ||
| 5 | Eyes-a.Vision | T | 97 (73) | 260(307) | 278(320) | 635(700) | 84 (87) |
| 0 | 153(111) | 39 (46) | 150(156) | 342(313) | 8 (24) | ||
| b.Squint | T | 43 (45) | 1 (5) | 29 (27) | 73 (77) | 2 (2) | |
| 0 | 15 (18) | - (4) | 8 (21) | 23 (43) | 1 (1) | ||
| c.Other | T | 8 (3) | - (4) | 7 (14) | 15 (21) | 6 (9) | |
| 0 | 5 (7) | 2 (2) | 6 (6) | 13 (15) | 2 (1) | ||
| 6 | 3ars a.Hearing | T | 25 (17) | 5 (9) | 13 (14) | 43 (40) | 147 (145) |
| 0 | 56 (64) | 11 (8) | 43 (44) | 110(116) | 10 (14) | ||
| b.Otitis Media | f | 4 (5) | 3 (1) | 3 (4) | 10 (10) | 4 (-) | |
| 0 | 46 (30) | 4 (-) | 25 (20) | 75 (50) | |||
| c.Other | T | 1 (-) | 3 (4) | 5 (7) | 9 (11) | 6 (13) | |
| 0 | 8 (15) | - (4) | 59 (21) | 67 (40) | - (-) | ||
| 7 | Nose & Throat | T | 51 (53) | 9 (16) | 39 (52) | 99(121) | 18 (31) |
| 0 | 435(340) | 41 (17) | 223(219) | 699(576) | 11 (6) | ||
| Speech | T | 59 (44) | 5 (13) | 40 (27) | 104 (84) | ||
| 0 | - !3) | 14 (17) | 103(100) | - (4) | |||
| 9 | Lymphatic Glands | T | 2 (5) | - (1) | 1 (11) | 3 (17) | 2 (4) |
| 0 | 161(155) | 5 (2) | 55(112) | 221(269) | - (-) | ||
| 10. | Heart | r | 4 (4) | 3 (-) | 9 (4) | 16 (8) | 4 (3) |
| 0 | 41 (37) | 15 (4) | 84 (83 | 4 (- | |||
| Lungs | T | 17 (27) | 5 (4) | 36 (2l) | 58 (52) | 20 (26) | |
| 0 | 57 (34) | 18 (9) | 33 (44) | 3 (7) | |||
| 12 | Developmental a Hernia | T | 1 (2) | - (-) | 5 (3) | 6 (5) | |
| 0 | 4 (6) | - (1) | 11 (2) | 15 (9) | - (1) | ||
| b Other | T | 9 (8) | 18 (20) | 29 (28) | 6 (4) | ||
| 0 | 72 (78) | 1 (10) | 74 (79 | 147(167 | 1 (2 | ||
| 13 | Orthopaedic a.Posture | T | 13 (14) | 30 (46) | 58 (75) | 21 (24) | |
| 0 | 19 (19) | ||||||
| b.Feet | m | 30 (36) | 11 (17) | 47 (52) | 88(105) | 57 (92) | |
| 0 | 52 96 | 60 (91) | 134(218) | - (11) | |||
| c.Other | T | 12 (13) | 11 (15) | 15 (29) | 38 (57) | 18 (20) | |
| 0 | 24 (37) | 35 (37) | 79(5-01) | 1 (1) | |||
| 14 | Nervous System | T | 6 (2) | 11 (11) | 19 (15) | 3 (1) | |
| a Epilepsy | 0 | 3 (2) | - (1) | 1 (8) | 4 (11) | - (1) | |
| b.Other | T 0 | - (3) 8 (4) | 2 (2) 1 (4) | 1 (3) 10 (14) | 3 (8) 19 (22) | ||
| 15 | Psychological a.Development | T | 1 (2) | 17 (33) | 96(130) | 114(165) | 21 (11) |
| 0 | 31 (23) | 5 (2) | 18 (20) | 54 (45) | 1 (5) | ||
| b.Stability | T | 5 (5) | 4 (6) | 19 (21) | 20 (16) | ||
| 0 | 14 (5) | 74 (64) | 169(152) | 7 (2) | |||
| 16 | Abdomen | T | 2 (1) | 2 (-) | 10 (1) | 14 (2) | 1 (11) |
| 0 | 18 (2) | 21 (14) | 49 (23) | - (1) | |||
| 17 | Other | T 0 | 13 (9) 41 (46] | 9 (14) 22 (24) | 29 (28) 53 (53) | 51 (51) 116(123) | 295 (304) 11 (15) |
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