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(h) Heart and Circulation.
The number of children found to be in need of treatment for
organic heart disease was small (1). A considerable number (123)
were found to be the subjects of heart disease, which had reached
a stage of balance, and were placed under observation.
77 children, or 1.7 per cent, were referred for treatment on
account of anaemia.
(t) Diseases of the Lungs(non-tuberculous) were in 41 children
(0.5 per cent.) found sufficiently marked to need treatment.
(;') Tuberculosis.
Apart from 2 cases of definite and 4 of suspected tuberculosis
of the lungs, and 1 of joint tuberculosis, referred for treatment,
the great majority of the cases traced were those of glandular
tuberculosis. 33 cases (0.4 per cent.) were referred for treatment,
and 67 (0.8 per cent.) for further observation. These were all in
the first instance sent to the tuberculosis dispensary for special
examination.
(k) Deformities.
71 cases (or 0.9 per cent.) of spinal curvature were found
during routine medical inspection and were referred for treatment,
and 260 slighter cases (3.1 per cent.) were noted for further obsevation.
This prevalence has in some instances been associated, in the
opinion of the inspecting medical officers, with the continued use
of obsolete types of school desks in individual schools, though this
can obviously be only one of several contributory factors. These
older desks are gradually being replaced by others of a modern
type. The attendance of children with spinal curvature at the
Remedial Exercises Clinic, and at the special corrective classes at
four schools has no doubt proved a stimulus in the diagnosis of
the condition at a comparatively early stage of its development.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Whooping cough and chicken pox were markedly more
prevalent than in 1924; mumps slightly more prevalent. The
prevalence of other infectious diseases was low throughout the
year.