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TREATMENT OF DEFECTS, 1916.
(Cases discovered at Routine Medical Inspection).
DEFECT.
No. of defects found.
No. of
defects
for which
no report
No. of
defects
treated.
Result of Treatment.
No. of
defects
not
treated.
Percentage
of
defects
treated.
From
previous
year.
New.
Total.
Remedied
Improved
Unchan'd
la Ringworm
...
3
3
...
3
1
2
...
...
100.0
1 Other Diseases of Skin
6
13
19
12
7
5
2
...
...
...
2a Defective Vision
167
100
267
90
127
94*
26
7†
50
71.7
2 Other Conditions of Eye
13
6
19
11
0
2
3
3
62.5
3a Carious Teeth
186
202
388
269
57
12
44
1
62
47.9
3 Other dis. of mouth,throat,nose,&c.
397
172
569
375
79
45
33
1
115
40.7
4a Pulmonary Tuberculosis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4 Other Diseases of Lungs
8
13
21
14
7
4
3
...
...
1000
5 Other forms of Tuberculosis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
6 Heart and Circulation
24
38
62
48
5
3
2
9
35 7
7 Nervous System
4
4
8
6
1
...
1
...
1
50.0
8 Mental Conditions
...
21
21
21
...
...
...
...
...
...
9 Physical Defects
17
2
19
15
3
3
...
...
1
75.0
10 Digestive System
...
1
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
11 Other Diseases
8
16
24
21
3
3
...
...
...
100.0
12 Nitty and Verminous Conditions
2
14
16
7
9
7
2
100.0
13a Clothing
67
57
124
86
22
5
17
...
16
57.9
13b Footgear
107
93
200
146
33
18
15
...
21
61.1
13c Nutrition
44
30
74
53
17
17
10
...
4
80.9
Totals
1050
785
1835
1175
378
209
160
9
282
57.3
*Including 72 dealt with at School Clinic, †Including 7 dealt with at School Clinic; glasses not required or useless.