HEALTH OF SCHOOL CHILDREN

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1329, 5 January 1912, Page 6

HEALTH OF SCHOOL CHILDREN

Sir George Ken-man,' M.D.. chief medical ofiicer of the British Board of Kducalion, has-Jusl published his annual ,t port on the hralth'of Iho children in thn pub he elementary schools of England and •i°f; , fc l ,cnk,n S generally, it mav be said that, out ot the six million children registered, about 10 per cent, suffer from a serious defect of vision, from 3 to 5 per cent, suffer from defective hcarin" 1 to 3 per cent, have suppurating ears c'to S per cent, havo adenoids or enlarged tonsils of sufficient degree to obstruct tho nose or throat, ami thus to requiro surreal treatment; about 40 nor c-ent. suffer from extensive and injurious decay of the teeth, about 30 to 40 per cent, have un clean heads or bodies, nlx)ut 1 per cent" suffer from ringworm, 1 per cent, from tuberculosis in readily reeo-nisuble form from 1 t0.3 per cent. <iro. afflicted with heart disease, and a considerable percentage- of children are suffering from 'i greater or less degree of malniittiHon. It cannot be doubled, &ir Weorgo Newman declare?, that this formidable total of disease and defect moans aso-riou-s amount of suffering, incapacity, and inofficieniv which at Uw-t must .greally. limit |.f IP oniioi'iunity.and diminish the eaijacity of the child to receive aud nrn(i< by'lho ~,\n . CAtidii which the Sdite .provides. ;U u! must involve a enntinu.il increain in llwluitiou.'il burden of sickness and disablement."

Friujcc poiscMcs nineteen lady barritcra.