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children that the asthmatics missed more schooling in
a year than did the control group.
(9) Prom an analysis of a special investigation into the
neurotic tendencies exhibited by all the children in
the survey, the following information was obtained.
For the purpose of this survey symptoms of maladjust
ment as listed in the Underwood Report were regarded
as neurotic tendencies and the table shows how often
these tendencies occurred in the three categories.

As previously stated a detailed mathematical assessment
of the results has not yet been completed with
respect to any of the above-mentioned findings. It does,
however, seem that the asthmatics present a greater
number of neurotic tendencies than do the controls At
the same time, however, it is noted that the bronchitic
children had a much higher instance of neurotic tendencies
than the control group,
(10) An attempt was made to gauge the clinical response
to breathing exercises after six months treatment,
Estimations offered are the result of observation,
and the opinion of both the parents concerned and
the physio-therapist. They appear in Table 4.

The above figures suggest that the bronchitics normally
respond quicker to treatment than do asthmatics.
Asthma is, however, a capricious, often a long-term,
illness to treat in view of its complicated origin. The
clinical response to remedial breathing exercises so far
noted has, however, been most encouraging., The total
attendances at the clinic in 1958 were 2,157, and in 1959
1,951.