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Of all children inspected during the course of the year the
percentage of those vaccinated was as low as 39.39 per cent., an
important point in connection with the recent continued endemicity
of smallpox in various parts of England. This question is more
particularly referred to under the Section devoted to infectious
disease in the report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Of "entrants" inspected during the year 190 were found
defective and referred for treatment or observation, equivalent
to 34. 134 per cent. a somewhat excessive figure if one remembers
that 80 to 90 per cent. of such children are born healthy. From a
consideration of the percentage incidence of defects present, it
will become apparent that the main responsible cause is probably
an environmental one, followed, but probably to a minor extent,
by improper or insufficient food.
Defects in "entrants" referred for treatment or observation
were found present in the following proportions in respect of
particular schools attended :—