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69
Children
admitted to
P.D. schools.
The following statement shows the nature of the conditions found among the
children certified as suitable for admission to schools for the physically defective at
the admission examinations during the year. The distribution of morbidity is much
the same as in recent years.
Morbid conditions. Boys. Girls. Total.
Infantile paralysis 52 36 88
Cerebral „ 16 22 38
Various paralyses 29 13 42
Tuberculosis of bones and joints 94 67 161
Osteomyelitis 18 6 24
Rickets and resulting deformities 19 13 32
Congenital deformities 26 26 52
Traumata and amputations 37 15 52
Non-tuberculous arthritis 3 7 10
Rheumatism, chorea, etc. 23 61 84
Heart disease:—
congenital 34 30 64
acquired valvular 187 239 426
non-valvular 24 53 77
Various chest conditions 27 10 37
Other diseases chiefly medical 34 20 54
Total 623 618 1,241
Children
returned to
elementary
schools or
invalided.

Compared with the figures for the previous year rather fewer children have
needed to be invalided from school attendance and a few more have proved capable
of continuing their education in an elementary school.
Rota visits
to the
schools.
The special schools were visited at least once a quarter and every child present
was seen at least once during the year, the total examinations amounting to 17,953;
in addition, 592 special examinations were made of children already on the rolls of
special schools in connection with applications for non-enforcement of attendance
at special schools and for similar reasons.