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child leading as quiet a life as possible, swimming and
drilling being forbidden. We find parents very glad of
advice as to what trade or calling boys and girls are fitted for
on leaving school when examination reveals any heart
weakness. Only 2 or 3 cases were so severe as to need
exclusion from school at the time of inspection, whilst in some
of the children no other evidence of trouble was found beyond
that revealed by the physical examination. Two extreme
cases of congenital morbus cordis known to me died during
the year. One was an infant of 7 years who weighed only
28lbs., and whom I had excluded as entirely unfit for school:
the other was a boy, 10 years of age, who, in spite of a very
imperfect and huge heart, grew and flourished exceedingly
during the 3 years he was under my observation; he died
suddenly at play, his death in all likelihood having been
hastened by his activity.
TUBERCULOSIS
In the routine medical inspections the following cases
of tuberculosis were met with:—
Boys, 3 cases 1 Phthisis.
2 Tuberculous bone (femur) disease.
Girls, 5 cases 1 Phthisis.
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4 Tubercular cervical glands.
Infants, 15 cases 1 Phthisis.
1 Tubercular ankle.
13 Tubercular cervical glands.