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infectious disease. Occasionally this condition is very
transitory, and caused by nervousness. Usually all that is
required is rest and carefully graduated exercise.
Tuberculosis.
Among the 1,525 children examined, 5 cases of Phthisis
were discovered, 4 boys and 1 girl. Two cases were taken in
hand by the guardians and have now left the district and
lost sight of. Of the remaining, one is being attended at
the City Road Hospital and two are under medical treatment
at home. All these cases have been notified. It may be of
interest to note that at the present time 6 cases of children
under the age of 14 are at present on our register notified
as suffering from Phthisis, and 22 cases as suffering from
other forms of Tuberculosis.
Mentally Dull or Backward.
44 of the children were thus described, 40 of them being
in the Senior Departments and 4 in the Infants' Department.
No physical cause to account for the backwardness could be
discovered. This large increase in the numbers, as compared
with last year, is due to the fact that the teachers have been
asked to bring to the notice of the Medical Officer those
children considered dull and backward.
Mentally Deficient.
8 children, 6 in the upper and 2 in the lower department,
were provisionally described as mentally deficient; they
were rather too young for the condition to be definitely
determined. There was nothing in their habits or behaviour
to render them objectionable to the teachers or other pupils,
and they are at present attending school.
Deformities.
14 children were found to be suffering from soma deformity,
either congenital or acquired, these included:—
Pigeon chested 5 Rickets 2
Talipes 1 Spinal caries 3
Torticollis 1 Harelip 1
Deformity of Sternum 1