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From 1923 onwards the figures show comparison with
those for other areas, and the following remarks refer to these
latter figures.
It will be seen that the incidence of blind children has not
varied much during the years, but that on the whole there is a
tendency for such children to be less frequent than formerly.
The same statement would apply to the incidences of deaf and
partially deaf children, and to mentally deficient children. On
the other hand the incidence of epileptic children has shown a
definite decline though the figures on which the rates are based
are in all cases small. The most significant feature of the table,
however, is the rapid increase in the incidence of physically
defective children. This increase is similar to that which was
recently found for London children by Dr. W. Allen Daley.

Schools for mentally defective and physically defective
children. All the children attending these special schools have
annual routine inspection, and any patients found to require treatment
for minor ailments are referred to the clinics as in the case of
elementary school children. Cases also found to be in need of
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