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(2) Birth Injuries—
Torticollis 1
(3) Rickety Deformities—
Knock Knees 21
(4) Postural defects of the Spine 138
(5) Structural Curvature of the Spine 54
(6) Flat Feet. 4
(7) Infantile Paralysis 1
(8) Tuberculous Joints 1
(9) Other Defects 1
(10) Not now Defective 45
Early in the New Year the clinics will be in full operation.
This further branch of the School Medical Service may be regarded
as satisfactorily established.
Heart Disease and Rheumatism.—There has been a disquieting increase
in the number of cases of heart disease brought to light.
Of organic heart disease there have been recorded 75 cases and of
functional heart disorder 47. The corresponding figures for 1934 were
44 and 35.
The gravity of permanent disability of the heart is fully realised
and every available measure is adopted to repair disordered function.
Tuberculosis.—39 children were diagnosed provisionally to be
suffering from tuberculosis in one form or another—19 pulmonary (7
definitely, 12 doubtfully), 20 non-pulmonary. It is unusual to find such
a distribution among school children. The parts usually attacked in
children are bones, joints and glands, the lungs being affected at a later
age.
Diagnosis of tuberculosis of the lungs is not lightly to be made,
and in arriving at a conclusion on the matter the School Medical Officers
are fortunate in having Dr. Davies (the local Tuberculosis Officer) to
assist them, whose opinion is always ungrudgingly given.