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Tuberculosis is the only disease that definitely kills more men than women,
i.e., 11:7 in the period ended 1934, and 17:8 in the earlier period. The proportion
of the sexes of the teaching staff under review is of the order 1:2. This indicates
that tuberculosis is a more prominent cause of death in men, but the numbers are
small and the differences may not be of great significance.
The chief affections that are relatively, as well as absolutely, higher as causes
of breakdown in women are arthritis, disease of the circulatory system and deafness.
The numbers of "breakdowns" in schoolkeepers, 1930 to 1934, inclusive, are in
themselves small, but they illustrate the tendency generally observed for the breakdown
to be concentrated on arthritis and circulatory diseases in those of 60 years
of age and over, or approaching that age. Particulars are set out below:—
Breakdowns
in schoolkeepers.

During the year 360 applicants for admission to the Council's course of physical
education were examined. Of these 28 were deemed to be either temporarily or
permanently unfit to undergo the training on the following grounds: poor general
condition, 8; varicose veins, 11; recent injury, 1; renal calculus, 2; post-operative
disability, 2; hernia, 1; heart disease, 1; recurring dislocation of the shoulder, 1;
fistula, 1.
Teachers of
physical
education.