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defect was diagnosed in 3.6 per cent.; the figures for 1935 were
0.9 per cent.; 0.1 per cent.; and 3.4 per cent. respectively.
The percentage of children moderately affected and requiring
to be kept under observation was 7.7, the corresponding percentage
in 1935 being 7.4. In this case 7.4 per cent. had moderately
enlarged tonsils, 0.1 per cent. exhibited signs of the presence of
adenoids, whilst 0.2 per cent. showed enlarged tonsils and adenoids
of moderate degree, as compared with 6.9 per cent.; 0.29 per
cent; and 0.3 per cent. respectively in the year 1935.
(d) Tuberculosis.
The total number of cases of tuberculosis, occurring in children
of school age, notified to the Medical Officer of Health during
the year, was as follows:—
Boys
Girls
Total
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
4
8
12
Other forms of Tuberculosis
5
7
12
9
15
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(e) Skin Disease and (f) External Eye Disease.
At medical inspections during the year, 559 children were
found to be suffering from skin affections (as compared with 547
in the year 1935). One hundred and four cases of external eye
disease were discovered, as compared with 87 in the year 1935.
(g) Vision.
Only children with marked visual defect have been referred
for treatment and these, including cases of strabismus, numbered
439. In addition, there were 233 children in whom there was
evidence of a lesser degree of visual defect and these are being
kept under observation.
(h) Ear Disease and Hearing.
0.9 per cent. of the children examined were found to be suffering
from otitis media. (1.3 per cent in 1935.) The percentage
of deaf children was 0.25, the corresponding number for last year
being 0.09.
(i) Dental Defects.
Medical Inspection has revealed a continued high incidence
of dental defects, and the statistics contained in Table V. are far