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(c) Tonsils and Adenoids.
4.3 per cent. of the children examined during the year were
referred for treatment for "tonsils and adenoids," either separately
or combined, as compared with 4.1 per cent: in the year 1937.
Of these, much enlarged tonsils accounted for 0.4 per cent.;
definite adenoids were present in 0.3 per cent.; and the combined
defect was diagnosed in 3.6 per cent.; the figures for 1937 were
0.9 per cent., 0.1 per cent.; and 3.0 per cent. respectively.
The percentage of children moderately affected and requiring
to be kept under observation was 3.5, the corresponding percentage
in 1937 being 9.0. In this case 2.9 cent. had moderately
enlarged tonsils, 0.1 per cent. exhibited signs of the presence of
adenoids, while 0.5 per cent. showed enlarged tonsils and adenoids
of moderate degree, as compared with 8.6 per cent.; 0.1 per
cent.; and 0.3 per cent. respectively in the year 1937.
(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
Other forms of Tuberculosis.
4
11
2
–
6
11
15
2
17