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LUNGS.
"The percentage of tuberculosis of lungs was "08 in the
younger children and '2 among the older ones. In addition, there
were a number of suspected cases of phthisis. Some of the
numerous cases of bronchial catarrh or bronchitis among the
younger children are latent cases of tuberculosis, and it is well
to lay stress on the fact that frequent and repeated attacks of
bronchitis in young children cannot occur without more or less
permanent damage to the lung tissue, and these are the cases
which in later life form a suitable breeding-ground for the tubercle
bacillus. In this connection the importance of well-taught breathing
exercises cannot be exaggerated. If children are taught to
expand the l'ungs regularly so that air reaches every part, these
organs are so much the better equipped to resist the organism of
tubercle than lungs which are sluggishly exercised.
NERVOUS DISEASES.
"But few cases of Chorea or Epilepsy were noted. Many of
the children were of an unstable nervous system, due in some
cases to defects in nutrition ; in others, notably with a history of
' night terrors,' to the presence of enlarged tonsils and adenoids.
DEFORMITIES.
" Many of these were instances of deformities left by some
crippling illness, such as Infantile Paralysis or Rickets; in other
eases the deformity was present at birth. The following are the
varieties which were observed
Infantile Palsy 25
Pigeon Breast 13
Genu Valgum 3
Flat Foot 6
Talipes 2
Scoliosis 9
Kyphosis 20
Torticollis 2
Hare Lip and Clleft Palate 2
Congenital Hip Dislocation 3