MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS 



physicians, without examination and for a fee of 25 cents, have 

 furnished diagnoses agreeing with those of the medical inspectors 

 on the slips brought them by the children. There is, however, no 

 reason to suppose that the figures given are any less reliable than 

 those reported from other cities. The data showing in detail the 

 number and per cent of defects treated are presented in Table 20. 



TABLE 2O. PHYSICAL DEFECTS REPORTED BY MEDICAL INSPECTORS, 



AND NUMBER AND PER CENT OF THESE DEFECTS TREATED. 



NEW YORK CITY, 19! I 



In the case of four of the defects, further details are given 

 as to the character of the remedial treatment. These details 

 are as follows: 



Defective vision: 



Treated by supplying glasses . 

 Receiving medical treatment . 



Defective nasal breathing: 



Receiving operative treatment 

 Receiving medical treatment 



Hypertrophied tonsils: 



Receiving operative treatment 

 Receiving medical treatment 



Defective teeth: 



Treated by extraction 

 Treated by filling 



11,304 

 5,329 



11,284 



9,808 

 12,839 



7,373 

 10,791 



It is interesting to note that the highest percentage of 

 treatments was that reported in cases of defective nasal breath- 



92 



