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(ii) Denial Defects = 4.04 per cent, of all children inspected
and shows a remarkable improvement when compared with 11.08
per cent, in 1934.
(iii) Subnormal Nutrition = 3.37 per cent, which is a slight
improvement on 4.01 per cent, in 1934.
(iv) Deformities = 1.72 per cent., a slight increase on the
corresponding figure for 1934 (1.53 per cent.)
(v) Nose and Throat Defects = 1.25 per cent., a considerable
improvement on 1934 (2.17 per cent.)
(vi) Heart = 0.79 per cent. Heart and Circulation =
Anaemia = 0.39 per cent. 1.19 per cent.
(vii) Other Defects arul Diseases = 0.79 per cent. (4.03 per cent.)
(viii) Ear Defects (including defective hearing) = 0.72 per cent.
(0.70 per cent.)
(ix) Rheumatism — 0.39 per cent. (1.02 per cent.)
(x) Malnutrition — 0.33 per cent.
(xi) Lungs (Bronchitis and Other Non-T.B. Diseases.) = 0.33
per cent. (0.32 per cent.)
(xii) Skin Diseases = 0.13 per cent. (0.19 per cent.)
(xiii) Nervous System = 0.13 per cent. (0.19 per cent.)
(xiv) Defective Speech 0.00 per cent.
There were no cases of enlarged cervical glands for treatment
but in 1934 there were 0.19 per cent.