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3 children with deformed hands.
I oh 1 III who has fracture of the spine.
1 child, suffering from the effects of inflammation of
the hone of tho leg.
All those 20 children are able to attend school.
(d) Epilepsy— 14 cases.
14 children, subject to occasion:)! fits at somewhat rare
intervals, are able to attend school ; 1 of these cases is also
feeble-minded and has been recommended for admission to
a s|iecial school.
(e) Heart Disease— 51 cases.
1 child, suffering from heart disease, should be in
attendance at a school for physically defective children.
60 children, suffering from varying degrees of heart
disease, are being kept under observation.
(f) Other Conditions— 8 ruses.
(1) Tuberculosis of the (Hands— 4 cases.
4 children, suffering from tubercular glands, are able
to attend school.
(2) Miscellaneons— 4 ruses.
1 child is receiving treatment for pituitary disturbance.
2 children, suffering from asthma, are able to attend
school.
1 child is being kept under observation for abdominal
tuberculosis.
There were at the end of the year, nineteen physically defective
children suitable for admission to a cripple school; six of
these cases were not attending school, and thirteen were attending
public elementary schools in the district. Of the nineteen children
mentioned, nine are twelve years of ape or over.
(b) Mentally Defective Children.—
(a) Dull or Backward Children.— There are 131 children who
are retarded two years in their education at school, and 38 who
are retarded three years. These figures have been obtained from
the Head Teachers of the various schools, and the children have
not been specifically examined by me as to their mental condition.
Their backwardness may be due to many causes, such as
loss of education through commencing school late, absence
owing to ill-health, and frequent changes of school. It must
not, therefore, be presumed that all these children are to be considered
abnormal.