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Speech Defects.
The special class is held twice weekly, and is conducted by two
qualified lady teachers. During 1938, 55 children attended. A
special report on the results of the class is given on page 291.
Routine medical inspection findings showed in the Entrant
group 0.5 per cent. children defective, in the Intermediate group
0.5 per cent., and 0.1 in the Leaver group.
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
1.7 per cent. incidence in boys and 1.6 per cent. in girls; Intermediate
boys 1.7 per cent. and girls 1.6 per cent.; Leavers 1.6 per
cent. boys and 2.3 per cent. girls; a total in all groups of 1.7 per
cent. boys and 1.8 per cent. girls.
Deformities.
Among children examined at Routine Medical Inspection 0.2
per cent. of the boys and 0.2 per cent. of the girls showed evidences
of rickets; 2.2 per cent. boys and 2.7 per cent. girls had some
abnormal degree of spinal curvature, and 4.0 per cent. boys and
4.8 per cent. girls showed some other physical deformity.
External Eye Diseases.
Squint was present in 2.0 per cent. of all children examined
in the various groups and was most frequently found in the Entrant,
group (1.9 per cent. boys and 2.0 per cent. girls). Its incidence
declined as age advanced. Blepharitis occurred in 0.9 per cent. of
all the children and other external eye defects in 0.3 per cent.
The total percentages of eye defects in the various groups was
4.2 for Entrants; 3.1 for Intermediates; and 1.6 for Leavers. For
1937 the corresponding figures were 3.2, 4.0 and 3.1.
Vision.
The Entrant group is not examined for visual acuity at routine
medical inspection. If a child is wearing corrective glasses, the
vision is tested with the glasses worn at the time of examination.