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EYE DISEASES.
External eye diseases were present in 74 cases.
801 children had sub-normal vision.
Reference to the ophthalmic specialist of eye cases has been
systematically made when necessary, as in previous years.
TONSILS AND ADENOIDS.
Tonsils were markedly enlarged in 362 cases, and slightly in 502.
244 children were found to have adenoids.
GLANDS.
Glands were markedly enlarged in 446 cases and slightly in 41.
All marked tubercular cases have as heretofore been referred
to the Tuberculosis Dispensary for supervision and treatment.
EAR DISEASE.
This was noted in 33 cases, and 76 children suffered from
deafness.
DEFORMITIES.
Curvature of the spine was found in 74 cases. Other deformities
amounted to 121.
AFFECTIONS OF THE HEART were found in 366 cases.
LUNG DISEASES.
Affections of the lung were found in 403 cases. Of these:—
113 children had bronchial catarrh,
257 ,, ,, other conditions of the lung,
33 ,, ,, pulmonary tuberculosis.
MENTAL CONDITIONS.
34 children were classified as mentally sub-normal, and 11 as
mentally defective.