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41 per cent. of the children who were operated upon, and is a disappointing
proportion. The distance of the Remedial Exercises
Clinic from the homes of the children, together with the dangers
of traffic, played a part in deterring parents from sending the
children.
Of all children examined at Routine Medical Inspection, in
the Entrant group 24.3 per cent. had enlarged tonsils; 1.7 per
cent. had adenoids alone; 19.2 per cent. enlarged tonsils and
adenoids; and 17.2 per cent. had enlargement of the submaxillary
or cervical glands. In the Intermediate group the respective
percentages were 22.7 per cent., 0.8 per cent., 8.5 per cent., and
11.9 per cent.; and in the Leaver group, 12.1 per cent., 0.5 per
cent.. 6.6 per cent., and 9.1 per cent. The percentages for the
three groups in relation to the total number of children examined,
were 21.3 per cent., 1.2 per cent., 5.0 per cent., and 13.8 per
cent.
Table IV. gives in summary the percentage of Nose and
Throat defects and of enlarged glands in the various groups
examined.

Does not include mouth breathers, but includes other defects of nose
and throat.
Defective Hearing.
The commonest causes of deafness in children are middle
ear disease and adenoids. Routine medical inspection showed
that 0.2 per cent. Entrants, 0.4 per cent. Intermediates, and O.i
per cent. Leavers in the children examined had defective hearing.