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percentage of mouth-breathers was 4.07 among the entrants, 2.38 among the
leavers.
Enlarged Glands.
The submaxillary glands were found enlarged in 38 boys (2.9 per cent.)
and 11 girls (1.0 per cent.).
The posterior cervical glands were enlarged in 3 children, 2 boys and
1 girl.
External Eye Disease.
Opacities of the cornea were noticed in 9 children; Blepharitis in six cases
but no conjunctivitis.
Vision.
The statistics concerning vision are given in the table at the end of the
report in the form suggested by the Medical Officer of the Board of Education.
The percentage of children with normal vision of each eye for leavers was
68.44. The vision of the entrants was not tested.
Ear Disease.
Obstruction in the right and (or) left ear was found in eight cases amongst
the entrants, or 0.68 per cent.; 43 amongst the leavers, or 3.52 per cent.;
altogether, 3.12 per cent.
There was ear discharge present from the right and (or) left ear in four
cases, 0.32 or per cent., amongst the entrants; and the leavers in 19 cases, or 1.56
per cent., and the total, 23 cases, or 1.00 per cent.
Hearing.
The hearing was tested with a stop-watch in the case of leavers. The
hearing was good in both ears in the case of 87.95 Per cent. of the children
examined. The hearing of the boys was a little better than that of the girls.
If congenitally deaf children have been kept from school until they have
learned to make inarticulate sounds, they have a great deal to unlearn before
hey can be taught to speak at the deaf school.