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During 1923 ten cases were referred for medical examination
and report by the School Medical Officer, and the following is a
detailed summary of the children dealt with under this heading :—
Tubercular hips 2
Recommended for admission to a special school for
crippled children 1
Unfit to attend school 1
Tubercular knee— Fit to attend school, but excused
physical drill 1
Pulmonary Tuberculosis— Recommended for admission to
a special school 1
Osteomalacia— Recommended for admission to a special
school for crippled children 1
Spastic Diplegia— Recommended for admission to a
special school for crippled children 1
Old Infantile Paralysis—Fit to attend school subject to
the provision of a surgical boot 1
Epilepsy 2
Fit to attend school 1
Recommended for admission to a residential
special school for epileptic children 1
Fragilitas Ossium— Recommended for admission to a
special school for crippled children 1
(a) Physically Defective Children.—
lit. Blind Children.— There are five children who are so
blind as to be unable; to profit by education in an ordinary school.
Four of these are attending certified schools for the blind. One
case is awaiting admission to such a school.
'2nd. Deaf and Dumb Children.— There are nine children
falling within this category. Of these one is deaf and dumb and
eight are deaf only.. Five cases are in attendance at certified
schools for the deaf, two are in attendance at public elementary
schools (the parents of one of the children having declined special
school treatment) ; and two, not attending any school, are awaiting
admission to a special school.
3rd. Epileptic Children.— There are eighteen children known
to the department. One of these children is in a certified school
for epileptics, and two are awaiting admission to such an institution.
Of the remaining fifteen, fourteen are attending public
elementary schools in the district, and one is not attending school.
14th. Tuberculous Children.— There are thirty-two children
suffering, or who have suffered, from Pulmonary Tuberculosis,