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Speech.
Speech was markedly defective in the case of 11 entrants, 8 boys and 3
girls; and 4 leavers, 1 boy and 3 girls. Slight defects of speech in infants of
five or six, where the child has not learnt to talk properly, are very common,
but improve after they have been at school.
The number of stammerers was 6, 4 boys and 2 girls.
Heart and Circulation.
Four children were anaemic, three to a slight extent only. Of these four, two
were boys and two girls.
Valvular disease of the heart was present in 11 children. Of these 11
cases 3 were in boys and 8 in girls.
Lungs.
Thirty-eight children, or 1.58 per cent., had bronchial catarrh at the time
of examination. This was practically confined to the infants.
Tuberculosis.
The School Medical Inspector, during 1914, sent five "B" notifications to
the M.O.H. Of these, two referred to pulmonary tuberculosis and three to
other forms of tubercle.
One case of pulmonary tuberculosis was found among the routine inspections.
There was eight cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis, four
of glands, and four of joints.
Nervous System.
Three children were subject to epileptic fits, all boys. One boy had
chorea.
Rickets.
There was a history of past rickets in three cases, all boys. In our
experience rickets is of very small importance in children of school age. In
cases where there is a history of it in infancy, by the time school age is
reached any deleterious effects have for the most part ceased to operate.
Hernia.
Inguinal hernia was present in 4 children—3 boys and 1 girl. Of the
4 cases 1 was right inguinal, and 3 double inguinal hernia.