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Road and Kirkdale Road show the most marked improvement
from 39.09 (1932) to 17.33 (1933), and 35.63 (1932) to 15.78 (1933)
respectively. Other schools showing considerable improvement
were:—
Capworth Street from 30.50% (1932) to 14.76% (1933)
Mayville Road from 31.57% (1932) to 18.68% (1933)
Trumpington Road from 28.12% (1932) to 18.18% (1933)
Church Road from 23.07% (1932) to 16.00% (1933)
On examining the total numbers of the various defects marked
as requiring treatment one finds that again:—
(i) Dental Disease is by far the commonest type of defect and
= 34.70 per cent. of the total defects for the group.
(ii) Eye Defects — 23.30 per cent., and it will be observed that
dental and eye defects together account for no less than 58 per
cent. of the total.
(iii) Nose and Throat Defects = 11.65 per cent., and this is
only somewhat better than the corresponding percentage for the
" Entrants' " Group (i.e., 16.30 per cent.).
(iv) Other Diseases and Defects = 6.79 per cent.
(v) Deformities — 6.31 per cent., and these are mostly minor
orthopaedic disabilities such as valgus ankles, knock knee, round
shoulders and the like.
(vi) Heart and Circulation = 3.39 per cent., a percentage which
is of considerable importance when one recalls the position of heart
disease as a principal cause of death in the returns of the Registrar
General.
(vii) Subnormal Nutrition = 3.39 per cent. This percentage
is almost identical with the figures for the " Entrants' " Group
(3.38 per cent. (1933)). These figures added together are slightly
lower than the corresponding figures for 1932, which were 2.61
per cent. for " Entrants " and 4.55 per cent. for " Intermediates."
(viii) Lungs (i.e., Bronchitic and Other Non-tuberculous Disease)
= 2.42 per cent. This is a marked improvement on the figures for
1932.
(ix) Ear Defects (including Defective Hearing)=2.18 per
cent.
(x) Nervous Conditions = 2.18 per cent.