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Speech Defects.
The special class is held twice weekly, and is conducted by
two qualified lady teachers. During 1935, 31 children attended.
A special report upon the results of the class is given on page 58.
Routine medical inspection findings showed in the Entrant
group 0.6 per cent. children defective, in the Intermediate group
0.5 per cent., and 0.4 per cent. in the Leaver group: figures very
similar to 1934.
Skin Diseases.
The findings show only the incidence in the groups
examined at a specific examination and must not be taken to
indicate the total incidence of skin disease in school children.
Entrants gave 2.0 per cent. incidence in boys and 1.5 per cent. in
girls; Intermediate boys 0.7 per cent. and girls 1.1 per cent.;
Leavers 1.1 per cent. boys and 1.5 per cent. girls; a total in all
groups of 1.4 per cent. boys and 1.3 per cent. girls.
Deformities.
Among children examined at Routine Medical Inspection
0.8 per cent. of the boys and 0.5 per cent. of the girls showed
evidences of rickets; 2.4 per cent. boys and 2.7 per cent. girls had
some abnormal degree of spinal curvature, and 4.2 per cent. boys
and 5.l per cent. girls showed some other physical deformity.
External Eye Diseases.
Squint was present in 1.5 per cent. of all children examined
in the various groups and was most frequently found in the
Entrant group (1.8 per cent. boys and 2.2 per cent. girls). Its
incidence declined as age advanced. Blepharitis occurred in
0.7 per cent. of all the children. Conjunctivitis was present in
0.1 per cent. of all the children, and other external eye defects
were noted in 0.2 per cent.
The total percentages of eye defects in the various groups
was 2.9 for Entrants; 2.3 for Intermediates; and 1.9 for Leavers.
For 1934 the corresponding figures were 5.2, 2.8 and 2.6.
Vision.
The Entrant group is not examined for visual acuity at
routine medical inspection. If a child is wearing corrective
glases, the vision is tested with the glasses worn at the time of
examination.