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I will not go into details as to the heights and weights, which
are all set out in the tables, but will just remark that they work
out very satisfactorily indeed. These statistics are most valuable
as indicating year by year the physical development, or otherwise,
of the rising generation.
With regard to nutrition, I found 633 well nourished, 300 were
fair, and only 16 showed signs of decided mal-nutrition. Many
of these cases were investigated and dealt with—some provided
with tickets for the free meals, and others visited at their own homes.
I found much less want of cleanliness than perhaps one
expected—741 were clean, 166 fair, 42 bad. As far as possible,
the worst of these were visited at their own homes and the cause of
their condition investigated.
The question whether it is necessary to pay much attention to
the condition of the teeth in the infants' department is, to my
mind so obviously in the affirmative that I will not discuss it here—
322 needed attention out of 949.
Cases of Tonsillar and Glandular enlargements were numerous,
and open up a wide field for further elucidation.
Adenoids were probable in 187 cases.
Sections dealing with external eye disease, vision, ear disease
and hearing, call for no particular remark, except that the figures
are very low. Probably the low sickness rate of scarlet fever of
late years has had something to do with the comparative absence
of serious ear disease.