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type of defects. 783 had visual defect, two had corneal opacities and
468 had external eye defects or diseases.
A reference to the treatment Table IV, Group II, will show that
923 children were examined for errors of refraction. Spectacles were
prescribed for 792 and were obtained by all.
Nose and Throat Defects.—The number of these defects found in 1935
was 1,094, in 1934, 917.
The number of operations performed fell in 1935 by 38, compared
with the previous year.
The details will be found in Tables IIa and IV, Group III.
Ear Disease and Defective Hearing.—There has been a slight decrease
in the number of these defects discovered and is accounted for by the
reduction in the otitis media group. The relative numbers for 1934 and
1935 being 100 and 79 respectively.
Dental Defects.—15,437 inspections were made by the dentists. Of
the 10,681 who were found to require treatment, 5,679 only, or 53 per
cent. took advantage of it. This, however, is 8 per cent. better than
the previous year.
Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.—-Arrangements have been made
with the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital for attendance by their
doctors and nurses at Tottenham Centres. Two centres have been
established, one at Vale Road School—the School for Cripple Children,
and one tentatively at Bruce Castle until the new School Medical Clinic
to be established in Lordship Lane is available.
Towards the end of the year, all children of school age known to
have defects or deformities of the kind for which school orthopaedic
clinics have been established, were submitted to examination by the
Orthopaedic Surgeon.
272 cases in all were examined and classified as follows:—
(1) Congenital Defects—
Club Foot 2
Dislocation of the Hip 1
Other Conditions 3