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(c) Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids.—At the routine inspection
161 children were found with enlarged tonsils, 14 with adenoids,
52 with enlarged tonsils and adenoids, and 2 with other conditions
of the nose and throat requiring treatment. Children with these
conditions that had to be kept under observation numbered 422.
In addition, 47 cases of enlarged tonsils, 5 of adenoids, 22 of enlarged
tonsils and adenoids, and 4 of other conditions requiring treatment,
and 44 cases of similar diseases of the nose and throat requiring
to be kept under observation were found on special inspection.
(d) Tuberculosis.—Three suspected cases of pulmonary
tuberculosis, two requiring treatment and one requiring to be kept
under observation were found at routine medical inspection. In
addition, six others, who needed to be kept under observation,
were discovered on special examination. One case of glandular
tuberculosis and one case of spinal tuberculosis requiring treatment
were also found on special examination.

The number of cases of ringworm of the head was unusually
high and was accounted for by the fact that the whole of the 35
boys in a Home for Children were found to be suffering from the
disease. The discovery of two boys at school suffering from
ringworm of the head led to the examination of all the children
in the Home with the result that all of them, ranging from 3 to
13 years of age, were found to be affected with the disease. It
appears that the Matron of the institution treated the two children