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9
EPILEPSY.
During the year Dr. Strong reported to me two cases—H. B., 11 years;
W. R. B., 10 years. There is insuperable difficulty in finding institutions willing
to take in sane epileptic children. Their presence in the public elementary
schools, as with mentally deficients, is a trial to the teachers, and, when fits
occur, disturbing to the scholars. The number of institutions in England is
small and the cost beyond the means of poor parents.
TUBERCULOSIS.
The number of boys with a family history of consumption was 375, or
13.8 per cent. ; and 355 girls, or 13.5 per cent.
During 1918 Dr. Strong sent two "B" notifications to the M. O. H. Of
these, both boys, one referred to pulmonary tuberculosis and one to tubercular
sub-maxillary glands.