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scheme. In addition to these children who had operative treatment,
171 children were treated by other methods.
(f) Ear disease Ai\d defective hearing. Some indication
of the incidence of these conditions will be found in Table XVII,
which gives for a series of twelve years the number of children
who were found to be suffering from these conditions. In this
table the numbers refer to children who required either treatment
or observation, and the rates are expressed per 1,000 of the school
population given in Table II.

Of the total cases referred for treatment, 875 children suffering
from ear diseases or defective hearing were treated at the
school clinics; of these 6 were children attending institutions for
higher education. The number of children who received treatment
privately was 73, of whom 4 were attending schools for higher
education.
In 1937 there were two deaf centres in the Borough, situated
respectively at Water Lane and Frederick Road. Further notes
on these centres appear on page 417. The children at these
centres are examined once a year by the Authority's consultant
aural surgeon.
The following is a report by Mr. Fred Stoker, F.R.C.S.:—
"The deaf children who came up for examination in July,
many of whom have been under my observation for some years,
may be classified as coming under one of the following categories:
(a) Cases of inherited deafness in which total absence of hearing
has been evident from birth.
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