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(i) Heart Disease and Rheumatism.—The findings were as
follows:—
Treatment Observation
Heart disease—Organic3 10
Functional 3 64
Anaemia 6 1
(j) Tuberculosis.—All children suspected of either pulmonary
or other tuberculosis are referred to the Chest Physician for final
diagnosis.
The notifications of tuberculosis in the age group 5.15 years
have been as follows:—
1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957
Pulmonary 5 3 — 1 — 6
Non-pulmonary 4 4 — 1 2 1
Total 9 7 — 2 2 7
(k) Other Defects and Diseases.—The following shows the
number of various other defects which were found to require
treatment:—
Enlarged Glands 16
Bronchitis, etc. 93
Speech 31
Nervous System 21
Other defects 147
7. FOLLOW-UP
The School Nurses paid a total of 452 home visits during 1957.
8. ARRANGEMENTS FOR TREATMENT
(a) Chiropody.—Reference was made in last year's Report to
the prevalence of verrucae and at the end of 1956, 106 children
from twenty-five departments were under treatment at the Foot
Clinic. In six departments there were six or more cases.
At the end of 1957 there were 47 cases under treatment from
twenty-three departments with 5 cases in one department. 4 in
two departments, 3 in five departments, 2 in four departments, and
1 each in the remaining eleven departments.
The overall picture was one of considerable improvement
during 1957.