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tuberculosis will be but a part in the great national
campaign against "consumption.''
Advice as to the necessity for plenty of fresh air, good
food, etc., is given to the parents of all tuberculously inclined
children, and in not a few cases we have been gratified to
note the improvement wrought by the carrying out of our
advice.
DEFORMITIES.
The following deformities were met with in our routine
examinations (exclusive of those due to rickets) :—
Cleft Palate 4
Hare lip 3
Congenital shortening of 4
Congenital dislocation of hips 1
Talipes equino-varus 2
Amputations of leg 2
Old Infantile paralysis 7
Hemiplegia 1
Stiff knee 1
Facial paralysis (congenital) 2
Scoliosis 11
Rickets accounted for marked deformity in 36 children,
genu varum and valgum were found often in conjunction
with deformity of the chest. One family showed three members
with very marked deformities, affecting chiefly the bones of the
legs, due to late rickets. The youngest, aged
8 years, is only able to walk a little with difficulty, and has
to be taken to school in a push-cart. They had all been
brought up on a strictly vegetarian diet and sterilized milk.