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Acquired cases—Hearing defect due to:—
Po3t-suppurative otitis media Grade I 35
„ Ia 17
„ IIb 20
„ III 7
— 79
Suppurative otitis media (unknown origin) ... „ I 12
„ IIa 7
„ IIb 6
„ III 2
— 27
Suppurative otitis media (due to infectious disease) „ I 2
„ IIa 3
„ IIb 10
„ III1
— 16
Suppurative otitis media (due to other known causes) „ I 2
„ IIa 2
„ IIb 1
„III 1
— 6
Middle ear catarrh (due to various causes) „ I 51
„ IIa 10
„ IIb 9
„ III1
— 71
Suppurative otitis media of one ear and middle-ear
catarrh of the other „ I 11
»IIa 3
„ IIb 3
— 17
Wax „ I 1
Meningitis „ IIb 1
„ III 3
— 4
Nerve deafness due to infectious fevers „ I 1
» IIa 1
„ IIb 11
„ III 10
— 23
Congenital syphilis III 1
Mixed deafness due to infectious diseasa IIb 1
Congenital cases.
True hereditary deafness I 1
„ II 9
— 10
Sporadic deaf birth„ III 27
Uncertain origin IIb 3
„ III 10
— 13
Aphasia „ III 1
Found to be not defective as regards hearing, but M.D. „ 5
There are 392 children in schools for the deaf, and 135 in those for the partially
deaf. During the year Mr. Wells made 676 examinations at these schools.