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Table: DEFECTS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO AGES.

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DEFECTS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO AGES.

	5 years.		6 years.		7 years.		13 years.		14 years.		15 years.		Totals.		Percentage.
	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls. 1	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.
Number examined	944	935	443	494	75	79	917	748	153	93	18	6	2550	2355	...	...
DEFECTS.
Squint	10	18	4	9	2	2	9	12	...	...	...	...	25	41	0.98	1.7
External Eve Disease	15	22	7	12	3	3	17	12	2	3	...	...	44	52	1.7	2.2
Defective Vision—
Number examined	...	...	...	...	...	...	899	722	147	91	18	6	1064	819	...	...
Slightly defective	...	...	...	...	...	...	54	33	15	8	1	...	70	41	6.5	5.0
Greatly defective	...	...	...	...	...	...	156	94	25	12	3	...	184	106	17.3	12.9
Ear Disease—
Discharge	10	11	4	8	4	...	39	27	6	2	1	...	64	48	2.5	2.03
Deafness	7	13	9	10	1	...	62	45	11	5	1	...	91	73	3.5	3.1
Defective Speech	23	14	7	3	1	1	17	6	6	2	...	...	54	26	2.1	1.1
Disease of Heart	9	14	4	8	...	...	13	17	4	4	3	...	33	43	1.3	1.8
Disease of I.ungs	42	17	12	16	3	1	26	16	3	2	...	1	86	53	3.3	2.2
Disease of Nervous System	1	...	3	2	...	...	...	1	...	1	...	...	4	4	0.15	0.17
Verminous Head	8	14	2	7	2	5	5	9	...	...	...	...	17	35	0.66	1.5
Verminous Body	7	1	7	5	3	4	5	2	...	...	...	...	22	12	0.86	0.51
Defective Clothing	2	1	4	4	1	...	2	...	...	...	...	...	9	5	0.85	0.21
Defective Boots.	30	24	13	17	8	2	34	20	...	...	...	...	85	63	3.3	2.6
Defective Nutrition—
Under Normal	88	35	33	25	9	5	71	61	13	4	3	...	167	130	6.5	5'5
Bad	10	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	...	...	...	15	8	0.59	0.34
Decayed Teeth
1 to 2	164	188	99	99	9	16	328	266	53	51	4	2	657	622	25.7	26.4
3 to 4	•221	178	102	104	13	19	156	146	30	8	4	4	526	459	20.7	19.5
More than 4.	104	104	58	69	18	15	36	30	11	1	...	...	227	219	8.9	9.3
Tonsils—
Slightly enlarged	93	102	42	61	11	10	51	55	6	4	1	...	204	232	8.0	9.8
Greatly enlarged	13	21	16	9	3	5	10	12	1	...	...	...	43	47	1.7	1.9
Adenoids	67	67	38	42	9	8	22	20	5	1	1	1	142	139	5.5	5.9
Enlarged Glands	80	79	31	32	4	3	29	28	4	6	...	...	148	148	5.8	6.2
Nose Defects	83	58	34	27	5	2	31	12	4	...	...	...	157	99	6.1	4.2
Mental Defects—
Number examined	282	283	128	144	5	4	903	740	150	93	...	...	1468	1264	...	...
Dull	12	1.0	15	7...	...	...	95	133	25	14	...	...	147	164	10.0	12.9
Deficient	2	...	...	...	...	1	7	2	1	1	...	...	10	4	0.69	0.32
Deformities	14	4	9	"7	3	...	27	28	8	3	1	...	62	42	2.4	1.7
RiDgworm	2	3	2	3	1	...	3	...	1	...	...	...	9	6	0.35	0.25
Scabies	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Impetigo	1	4	1	i	1	...	2	...	...	...	...	...	5	5	0.19	0.21
Tuberculosis—
Glandular	5	7	4	1	...	...	2	1	...	1	...	...	11	10	0.43	0.42
Osseous	2	1	3		...	...	3	...	...	1	...	...	8	2	0.31	0.09
Pulmonary	1	1	2	4	...	...	5	9	2	...	...	...	10	14	0.39	0.59
Anaemia	12	12	9	4	...	4	5	2		2	...	1	26	25	1.02	1.06
Mouth Breathers	56	37	22	23	5	6	13	13	3	1	...	2	98	82	3. 9	3.4
Other Diseases	17	9	7	3		4	15	12	6	2	...	...	4o	30	1.7	1.3