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Edmonton 1919

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TABLE IV. (of Board of Education).—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF CHILDREN DURING 1919.

Condition.	No. of defects found for which treatment was considered necessary.			No. of defects for which no report is available.	No. of defects treated.	Result of treatment.			No. of defects not treated.	Percentage of defects treated.
Condition.	From previous years.	New.	T otal.	No. of defects for which no report is available.	No. of defects treated.	Remedied .	Im- proved.	Unchanged .	No. of defects not treated.	Percentage of defects treated.
Clothing	19	10	29	3	24	7	14	3	2	82.8
Footgear	14	9	23	3	20	9	9	2	—	87.0
Cleanliness of head	186	63	249	20	194	106	55	33	35	77.9
Cleanliness of hody	44	44	88	5	72	40	16	16	11	81.8
Nutrition	-	-	-	-	-	—	—	—	—	—
Nose and throat	343	569	912	184	455	250	96	109	273	49.8
External eye disease	36	69	105	19	83	39	24	20	3	79.0
Ear disease	124	140	264	19	212	120	51	41	33	80.3
Teeth	-	-	-	-	-	—	—	—	—	—
Heart and circulation	92	103	195	13	144	60	51	33	38	73-8
Lungs	92	83	175	6	126	62	40	24	43	72.0
Nervous system	14	13	27	2	20	5	13	2	5	74.0
Skin	42	39	81	5	76	50	20	6	—	93.8
Rickets	5	6	11	-	8	-	7	1	4	72.7
Deformities	19	15	34	-	31	3	27	1	2	91.2
Tuberculosis (non-pulmonary)	9	5	14	2	12	1	9	2	5	85.7
Speech	14	20	34	2	16	11	4	1	11	47.1
Mental condition	4	8	12	4	8	-	8	—	—	66.7
Vision and squint	279	427	706	60	511	119	259	133	135	72.4
Hearing	228	204	432	26	295	157	108	30	111	68.3
Miscellaneous	23	29	52	9	34	14	10	10	9	65.4
Totals	1587	1856	3443	382	2341	1053	821	467	720	68.0