View report page

ren. Besides the above, 884 cases of Defective Vision were found
among the specially selected cases.
(h) EAR DISEASE AND DEAFNESS.
The detection of faulty hearing is an essential part of the
Routine Examination of every child. It is carried out by a whisper
test at 20 feet for each case. The commoner causes are wax, or
middle ear disease (ear discharge being the usual symptom).
Very often Adenoids is the essential cause.
The following were referred for treatment: 98 deaf children
among the Routines (roughly .5 per cent.), and 147 among the
Specials.
The findings show 169 Routines and 605 Specials requiring
treatment.
(i) DENTAL DEFECTS.
The findings here relate to septic mouths (i.e., gumboils and
inflamed gums), the result of decayed teeth found at the School
Medical Inspection. These conditions are a potent cause of much
general ill-health. At Routine Inspection there were some
676 obvious cases and 85 among the Specials, while
15 less defined cases were kept under observation. All children
recommended for the Residential Open Air School are treated for
these conditions (if present) at the Clinics prior to admission, as
are also those attending the Crosby Road Day Open Air School for
delicate girls.
(j) CRIPPLING DEFECTS.
Marked crippling defects are inconsfderable in the Elementary
school children examined, as these are segregated at the two
Special Schools for Defectives. Minor deformities are found at the
School Inspection but they are as a rule of such a nature as not
to hamper the child attending the Elementary School. Any
marked deformities found resulting from. Rickets, Tuberculosis,
or Infantile Paralysis are referred for admission to the Special
Schools.
There are two Special Schools for Physical and Mental
Defectives, at Grange Road and Knox Road, having accommodation
for 72 and 80 children respectively, on the physical side,
and 80 and 90 on the mental side. Besides the Routine Inspection
here, the results of which are incorporated in the tables for
155