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35
At Certified Special Schools 60
At Public Elementary Schools 318
At other Institutions 1
At no School or Institution 5
Total 384
(c) Crippled Children.—This Section is confined to children (other than those diagnosed as
tuberculous and in need of treatment for that disease) who are suffering from a degree of crippling
sufficiently severe to interfere materially with a child's normal mode of life, i.e., children who generally
speaking are unable to take part, in any complete sense, in physical exercises or games or such activities
of the School curriculum as gardening or forms of handwork usually engaged in by other children.
At Certified Special Schools 73
At Public Elementary Schools 1
At other Institutions —
At no School or Institution 6
Total 80
(d) Children with Heart Disease.—This Section is confined to children whose defect is so severe
as to necessitate the provision of educational facilities other than those of the Public Elementary
School.
At Certified Special Schools 40
At Public Elementary Schools 5
At other Institutions 2
At no School or Institution 5
Total 52
Table No. 22.—Corresponding to Table IV. of The Board of Education's Medical
Statistical Tables.
Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1933.
Treatment Table.
Group I.—Minor Ailmfnts (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group VI).
Disease or Defect.
Number of Defects Treated, or under
Treatment during the Year.
Under the
Authority's
Scheme.
Otherwise.
Total.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Skin :—
Ringworm—Scalp
3 (1)
5 (5)
8 (6)
(Show separately in brackets the number which were
treated by X-Rays.)
Ringworm—Body
17
10
27
Scabies
125
17
142
Impetigo
279
30
309
Other Skin Diseases
2,070
85
2,155
Minor Eye Defects (external and other, but excluding
cases falling in Group II.)
544
21
565
Minor Ear Defects
583
63
646
Miscellaneous (e.g., Minor Injuries, Bruises, Sores, Chilblains,
etc.)
4,336
683
5,019
Total
7,957
914
8,871