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was running only 127 children attended, the average attendance
being just over four children per session. These small
figures make it difficult to draw any reliable conclusions from
the conditions found. It is, however, probably significant
that such a high proportion of the children were found to
require treatment of some kind. While some children
may have been taken to the Clinic because they presented
obvious signs of disease, it may reasonably be assumed that
the majority of the mothers to respond to the invitation were
of the careful kind whose children were, if anything, slightly
above the average.
Children inspected :
Boys
Girls
Total
At 2 yrs.
49
38
87
,, 3 ,,
11
18
29
„ 4 „
7
4
11
127
Subsequent attendances
17
Total attendances
144
Children requiring treatment or advice 122
Sessions held 33
Average attendance 4.4
Conditions found on examination:
Defects of Development: Late Teething 22
„ Walking 10
„ Talking 8
Congenital Inguinal Hernia 1
Internal Strabismus 2
Tonsils enlarged (seriously) 30
Tonsils enlarged (slightly) 25
Adenoids 4
Mouth-breathers 3
Defects of Nutrition: Markedly below weight 5
Muscular tone poor 8
,, ,, fair 50
Genu Valgum 12
„ Varum 4
Pesplanus 1
Dental Caries 14
Nutrition fair 78