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3. DETAILED TABLES. Table Q1.—The Number and Percentages of Defects found by Medical Inspectors in 12,002 Children examined at the Routine Examinations during the Year 1915.

Auckland. _ Wanganui. Wellington. Hawke's Bay. Marlborough. Xelson. Grey. Westland. North Canterbury. South Canterbury. Otago. i Southland. Totals. 11 a ,3 15 =' P - g -22 it 3 S I ga; Si "a I is -3 H- CJ 3 ' -2--p? So -H <, 6 ! -H ■HH ■H © 5 tH CC 9 - __ r-H ™ -C fH rH •<-. ~. 3*5 ■ g __z _-_\ 5 —_ ' ct 3 tH -J IP eo o a o alio aa r? 5° Pa at, St I flj tH St Number of chUdren examined .. .. 2,256 100 612 100 1,607 100 453 Number found to have no defects .. .. 107 4-7 192 31-4, 529 ; 32-9 144 Number found to have defects .. .. 2,149 95-3 420 68-6 1,078 67-1 309 Number found to have defects other than dental 1,557 69-0 263 43-0 776 i 48-3 180 Number of children showing evidence of— Subnormal nutrition .. .. .. 133; 5-9 1155 25-3 431 20-8 138 Malnutrition (bad eases) .. .. .. 3 0-1 ■ 20 3-3 37 2-3 15 Pediculosis .. .. .. .. 169 7*5 33 5-4 83 5-2 20 Uncleauliness .. .. .. .. 158 7-0 17 2-8 59 3-7 14 Sldn-elisease .. '.. .. .. 102 4-5 6 1-0 21 1*3 7 Non-vaccination .. .. .. .. 1,254 55-6 413 67-5 946 58-9 187 Circulatory disease .. .. .. 41 1-8 5 0-8 22 1-4 8 Respiratory disease .. .. .. 12 0-5 8 1-3 45 2-8 1 12 Physical deformities — Stooped shoulders ■ .. .. .. 472:20-9 117 19-1: 346 21-5 130 Curvature .. .. .. .. 124 5-5 3 0-5 42 2-6 1 Flat chest .. .. .. .. 98 4-3 108 17.6 239 14-9 53 Pigeon-breast .. .. .. .. 55 2-4 7 1-1 41 2-6 9 Other deformities .. .. .. 29 1-3 4 0-7 11 0-7 3 Defective teeth .. .. .. .. 2,001 88-7 343 56-0 863 53-7 264 -A-denoids and enlarged tonsils .. .. 836 37-1 223 36-4 667 41-5 187 Enlarged glands .. .. .. .. 1,225 54-3 237 38-7 629 39-1 223 External eve-disease .. .. .. 164 7-3 15 2-5 47 2-9 11 Defective vision .. .. .. .. 285 j 12-6 68 11-1 246 15-3 50 External ear-disease .. .. .. 62 2-7 2 0-3 2 0-1 1 Defective hearing .. .. .. .. 132 : 5-9 58 9-5 176 11-0 51 Defective speech .. .. .. .. 75 3-3 15 2-5 62 : 3-9 13 MentalBackwardness .. .. .. .. 60 2-8 58 9-5: 107 6-7 34 Feeble-mindedness .. .. .. .. .. 2 0 3! 8 0-5 3 Lmbecilitv .. .. .. .. .. .. • ■ • • ( • • .... Epilepsy .. .. .. .... .. 2 0-3 1 0-1 Other nervous diseases .. .. .. 68 3-0 2 0-3 8 0-5 1 Tuberculosis .. .. .. .. 13 0-6 4 0-7 16 1*0 2 Other diseases .. .. .. .. 183 ! 8-1 69 11-3 110 6-8 7 Ill : 100 317 100 '■ 801 100 204 100 I 66 100 2,347 100 : 605 100 j 2,015 100 719 100 12,002 100 31-8 ■ 23 7-3 41 5-1 12 5-9; 4 6-1 131 5-6 39! 6-4; 236 ! 11*7 88 12-2 1,546 12*9 68-2 1294 92-7 i* 760 94-9 192 94-1 62 93-9 2,216:94-4 566 j 93-6 1,779 88-3 631 87-8 10,456 1 87-1 39-7 182 57-4 469 58-6 131 64-2 46 69-7 1,481 : 63-1 354 58-5 1,316 65-3 422 58-7 7,177 59-8 30-5 44 13-9 126 15-7 45 22-1 12 18-2 439 18-7 85 i 14-0 185 9-2 57 7-9' 1,850 15-4 3*3 0 1-9 30 3-7 10 4-9 7 10-6 1.57 6-7 27 4-5 28 ; 1*4 12 1-7 352 2-9 4-4 3 0-9 27 3-4 12 5-9 3 4-5 20 1-1 11 1-8 44 2-2 14 1-9 445 3-7 3-1 5 1*6 16 2-0 15 7-4 2 3-0 58 2-5 10 1-7 28 1-4 10 1-4 392 3-3 1-5 2 0-6 9 1-1 2 1-0 5 7-6 38 1-6 6 : 1-0 56 2-8: 16 2-2 270 2-2 41-3 228 ' 71-9: 550 68-7 167 81-9 58 87-9 1,779 75-8 414 | 68-4 1,024 50-8 j 405 56-3 7,425 61-9 1-8 1 3 0-9 11 1-4 1 0-5 2 3-0 33 1*4 4 0-7 34 1-71 6 0-8 170 1-4 2-6 4 1-3 1 0-1 .. .... .. I 9 0-4 1 j 0-2 56 2-8 12 1*7 160 1-3 28-7 23 7-3 43 5-4 22 10-8 5 7-6 170 7-2 63 10-4 185 9-2 38 5-4 1,614 13-4 0-2 27 8-5 68 8-5 15 7-4 4 61 193 8-2 40 6-6 133 6-6 34 4-7 684 I 5-7 11-7 io 4-7 24 3-0 6 2-9 4 6-1 68 2-9 20 3-3 32 1*6 7 t-0 674 ; 5-6 2-0 1 0-3 13 1-6 5 2-5 .. .. 42 1-8 12 2-0 23 1-1 7 1-0 215 1*8 0-7 4 1-3 7 0-9 3 1-5 2 3-0 36 15 9 1-5 17 : 0-8 6 0-8 j 131 1-1 58-3 276 87-1 72i 90-0 175 85-8 59 89-4 2,052 87-4 515 85-1 1,590 78-9 513 71*3 9,372 78-1 41-3 65 20-5 176 22-0 51 25-0 22 33-3 487 20-7 86 14-2 411 120-4 185 25-7 3,396 28-3 49-2 88 27-8 185 23-1 65:31-9 2] 31-8 766:32-6 136 22-5 837 41-5 237 33-0 4,049 38-7 2*4 6 1-9 9 11 2 10 2 3-0 29 1-2 10 1-7 24 1-2 8 1-1 327 2-7 11-0 24 7-6 55 6-9 12 5-9 5 7-6 196 - 8-4 39 ! 64 212 10-5 . 56 7-8 1,248 10-4 0-2 .. i .. 9 1-1 22 0-9 6 10 7 0-3 3 10-4 114 0-9 11-3 20 6-3 36 4-5 8 ; 3-9 4 6*1 147 6-3 31 5-1 71 3-5 16 2-2 750 6-2 2-9 2 ; 0-6 7 0-9 1 ! 0-5 .. .. j 30 1*5 9 1-5 41 2-0 10 1*4 271 2-3 7*5 3 : 0-9 21 2-6 3 1-5 5 7-6 02 2-6 12 2-0 j 70 3-5 20 2-8 455 3-8 0-7: l I 0-3 2 0-2 2 1-0 *. .. 14 0-0 .. .. 2 0-1 1 0-1 35 0-3 1 1-5 6 0-3 1 0-2 2 0-1 1 0-1 14 0-1 0-2; 1 0-3 3 0-4.. .. 2 3-0 8 I 0-3 1 0-2 25 1-2 4 0-0 123 1-0 0-4 1 6 j 1-9 6 0-7 .. .. : .. .. 34 J 1 -4 3 0-5 2 0-1 I 0-1 87 0-7 1*5 16 5-0 64 8-0 7 3-4 3 4-5 151 0-4 28 4-6 24 1-2 12 1-7 674 5-6