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(d) TUBERCULOSIS.
Routine and Specials, Pulmonary—with definite signs 32
Suspected 143
Other Forms of Tuberculosis 32
(e) SKIN DISEASES.
Excluding Ringworm there were 163 cases among the "routines"
requiring treatment and 3,748 among the "specials." There
were 62 cases of Tinea Tonsurans (Head Ringworm) and 179 on
the body, requiring treatment.
(f) EXTERNAL EYE DISEASE.
This type of disease includes Blepharitis, Conjunctivitis,
Corneal Ulcers, etc. They usually connote eye-strain and debility
(i.e. Blepharitis) or unhygienic surroundings. Table II. gives
the findings, which in the case of routines amount to 85, or .5
per cent.
(g) VISION AND SQUINT.
At Routine Inspection 997 cases were referred for refraction
and 222 for Squint, which amounts to 7.1 defective vision not
already adequately provided for—a very low figure. In addition
there were 681 specially selected cases.
(h) EAR DISEASE AND DEAFNESS.
The testing of hearing is part of the routine examination of
every child. There were 88 deaf children among the routines and
111 among the Specials.
(i) DENTAL DEFECTS.
The teeth are examined by the School Doctors as a matter of
routine, and all defects referred for treatment. 107 Routines
and 37 Specials were so referred.
A special Dental Inspection is made of all children recommended
for the Open Air Schools at Fyfield and Crosby Road and
the Ogilvie School of Recovery, Clacton. Defective teeth are put
in order before admission.
(j) CRIPPLING DEFECTS.
Marked crippling defects are seldom found among the Elementary
School children, having been previously segregated out
at the Special Schools. This may be done before school life, on
first admission to school life, or at the examination of Exceptional
children, which occurs annually.
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