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twenty-six of whom are attending public elementary schools in the
district; one is in a sanatorium, and five are physically unfit to
attend school.
In addition, at the end of 1923, ninety-six children who were
pre-tubercu!ar were attending public elementary schools in the district.
5th. Crippled Children.— It will be seen on reference to
Table III. that there are a considerable number of children
crippled, due to various causes, who are attending school.
Crippling varies from a slight degree of lameness, to cases in
which special chairs have had to be arranged in the class-rooms
to accommodate the children concerned.
6th. Heart Disease.— There are fifty-one children attending
school who are suffering from such a degree of cardiac disease
that it has been necessary to notify the Head Teacher that
special care should be given to such children, and in many oases
that they should be excluded from physical drill; three cases are
physically unfit to attend school.
The following is, as far as possible, a complete record of the
physically defective children (207) in the district known to the
department on the 31st December, 1923.
The children may be divided into four classes as under :—
I. Those not Attending any School.— 30 children fell
within this category. They were suffering from the following
ailments :—
(a) Pulmonary Tuberculosis— 5 cases.
These were all children either under hospital or other
medical form of treatment and unfit to attend any kind of
school.
(b) Crippling due to Tuberculosis— 3 cases.
(1) Tuberculosis of the Joints— 3 cases.
3 children suffering from tubercular hips are undergoing
hospital treatment.
(c) Crippling due to other causes— 12 cases.
(1) Various forms of Paralysis— 12 cases.
1 child is mentally defective and paralysed; 3 children
with paralysis of both legs could attend a school for