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(d) Visual Defects and External Eye Diseases.
Fifty-four children were recommended for treatment on account
of defective vision or squint, while 209 suffering from minor defects
of vision were referred for further observation. Seven children were
found to require treatment for external diseases of the eye, and
23 were kept under observation.
(e) Nose and Throat Defects.
Thirty children were recommended to have operative treatment
on account of enlarged tonsils and adenoids, while 203 were referred
for observation. Other conditions of the throat or nose requiring
treatment were found in 51 children, and 8 others were referred for
observation.
(f) Ear Disease and Defective Hearing.
Six children were found to be so deaf as to require treatment
for the defect, while two others were kept under observation. Other
forms of ear disease requiring treatment were found in twenty-six
children, and three others were kept under observation.
(g) Dental Defects.
The result of the inspections carried out by the School Dental
Officer is given in Table V. 4,147 children were inspected during
the year. Of these the number found to require dental treatment
was 2,850, and of these 2,051 actually received treatment at the
Dental Clinic.
(h) Orthopaedics and Postural Defects.
Eighteen children were classified as cripples. Of these eleven
were old cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis which were either
quiescent or cured. The others were all under hospital treatment
during the year.
(i) Heart Disease and Rheumatism.
Definite evidence of cardiac disease was found in twenty-four
children. In only ten of these cases was the child thought to be
suffering from organic disease of the heart, and in these cases the
commonest cause was rheumatism. Including these rheumatic
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