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Heart and Circulatory System.
At routine medical inspections among the Entrant group 20
boys and 19 girls were found to have organic disease. In the Intermediate
group, the figures were 54 boys and 56 girls, and in the
Leaver group 49 boys and 65 girls. Functional disease was found
in 45 boys and 36 girls in the Entrants; 68 boys and 79 girls in
the Intermediate; 36 boys and 57 girls in the Leaver group.
Anaemia was present in 61 boys and 77 girls in the Entrant group;
42 boys and 73 girls in the Intermediate; and 43 boys and 52 girls
in the Leavers.
The percentage of all Heart and Circulatory defects among
children examined at routine medical inspection was 12.5, a small
decrease on 1936.
Chest Complaints (Other than Tuberculosis).
In all the groups combined 3.2 per cent. of the boys and 2.1
per cent. of the girls had some minor affection of the lungs. This
was usually a mild Bronchitis.
Tuberculosis.
Eighteen children were referred to the Tuberculosis Officer for
further examination.
All contacts of known cases of Tuberculosis are kept under
supervision and re-examined at each school medical inspection. 290
children were under such surveillance at the beginning of the year,
43 were added during the year, 30 were discharged, leaving 303
under observation at the end of the year.
Twenty cases of pulmonary Tuberculosis and 12 cases of nonpulmonary
Tuberculosis in children of school age were notified to
the Medical Officer of Health during the year. Two children died
of pulmonary Tuberculosis and four of non-pulmonary Tuberculosis.
The ages at death of these cases were:—Pulmonary: 11 years, 12
years. Non-pulmonary: 6 years, 8 years, 9 years, 13 years. Three
of the non-pulmonary deaths were certified to be from tuberculous
meningitis: and one from tuberculous meningitis and miliary
tuberculosis
Taking the total school population as 25,704, the mortality rate
from pulmonary Tuberculosis in school children was 7.8 per
100,000, and the incidence rate 77.8 per 100,000. For non-pulmonary
Tuberculosis the respective figures were 15.6 and 46.7.