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ADMISSION TO CLASSES AND EXAMINATIONS:
Children are admitted to classes from routine medical
inspections, and occasionally from the minor ailment clinics.
In one or two cases, special medical examinations have been
held at the request of the parent or teacher.
There are 46 departments in this Borough, and visits are
paid by the remedial gymnast to twenty-five of these. In
March, 1948, approximately 400 children were receiving treatment,
and 600 required treatment, but were unable to be
included through lack of time and personnel.
The 400 children who are being treated can be divided
roughly into the following groups:—
Slack posture (including round shoulders,
poking head, lordosis) 268
Slack posture and foot defects 36
Scoliosis 7
Bow legs or knock knees 6
Chest defects 14
Foot defects 100
From a recent examination, 38 cases of poor posture and
11 of flat feet will join the classes in April.
RE-EXAMINATIONS:
Periodically, medical examinations have been held for the
children in the special classes to assess progress. The gymnast
attends these examinations.
At the first examination held after six months' treatment.
198 were discharged, and 120 were retained for further treatment.
There are still 160 children to be examined.
As a result of these examinations, 30 cases were referred
to the Orthopaedic Surgeon, and 10 are doing exercises at home
and are seen from time to time by the gymnast.