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CARDIAC CLINIC.
During the course of each year a number of children are found
to be suffering from abnormalities of the heart which may or may
not be pathological, i.e., a result of disease, and it was determined
to give each of these children a special examination.
In all, 63 such children were examined. Of these, 33 were
found to have no permanent cardiac defects, the condition of the
heart at the primary examination having been due to some temporary
debility from which recovery was complete. In 10 other
cases, the condition present was not due to any abnormality of
the heart. The remaining children were kept under observation,
except in one case, where it was considered inadvisable that the
child should remain at school.
SPEECH CLINIC.
A clinic for children suffering from defective speech is held
twice a week. During the course of the year 32 children received
treatment. Of these 5 were discharged cured, 7 made marked
progress and 4 satisfactory progress ; the remaining 16 either left
the district, went to special schools or made so little progress that
it was not considered profitable to continue treatment.
There is still a long list of children waiting to be treated.
Of the children treated the following are the defects from which
they were suffering :
Stammerers 8
Cleft Palate 3
Motor Aphasia 2
Poor speech due to mental retardation
2
Lispers 2
Dyslalia 15
DEATHS AMONGST SCHOOL CHILDREN.
There were ten deaths among school children during the year.
The causes were as follows :—
3 Appendicitis.
1 Cerebral Convulsions.
1 Leukaemia
1 Septicaemia
1 Pyaemia
1 Meningitis.
2 Accident. (1 Road. 1 Ether convulsions during
operation.)