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with defective hearing, and one with otitis media requiring to
be kept under observation. In other words 0.49% of the children
examined in the schools were found to be suffering from
defective hearing or from discharging ears. Furthermore, five
children with defective hearing, fifty-five with otitis media, and
thirty-five with other ear diseases, all requiring treatment,
were examined as special cases at the Health Centre.
(g) Dental Defects. At the routine inspections by the
Medical Officer one hundred and ninety children, or 10.48% of
the children examined, were found to have dental caries to
such an extent as to require treatment. During the year 1936
the percentage was 9.51.
Amongst the 2,728 children who attended the Health
Centre as special cases, twenty-nine were found to lie suffering
from dental defects requiring treatment.
(h) Orthopaedic and Postural Defects. At the routine
inspections fifteen cases of deformity due to previous rickets
were discovered. Seven of these cases required treatment and
eight required to be kept under observation. In addition there
were five cases of spinal curvature, two requiring treatment
and three requiring to be kept under observation. There were
also thirty-seven other cases of orthopaedic and postural
defects, twenty-seven of which required treatment and ten
required to be kept under observation.
At the special inspections at the Health Centre two cases
of deformity due to previous rickets were detected, both
requiring treatment. Thirty-two other cases of orthopaedic
and postural defects were found at these inspections, twentyeight
of which were referred to the Orthopædic Clinic and four
kept under observation.
The conditions found at the routine and special inspections,
and classified under "other deformities," were due to
flat foot, knock knee, congenital deformities, deformities due
to old injuries, etc.
(i) Heart Disease and Rheumatism. Particulars regarding
children suffering from heart defects at the routine and
special inspections are shown in Table IT.
Amongst the routines, six children with organic disease of
the heart requiring treatment and four children in which the
condition was quiescent and required to be kept under observation
were found. One child with chorea requiring treatment
and six children with functional heart disease requiring observation
were also discovered.