RESULTS 



From Summit, New Jersey, comes a report of the numbers 

 of cases discovered, the number referred to a physician, and the 

 cases in which a physician was consulted. 



TABLE 24. DEFECTS REPORTED, NUMBER REFERRED TO PHYSI- 

 CIANS, AND PER CENT OF THESE IN WHICH PHYSICIAN WAS 

 CONSULTED. SUMMIT, N. J., 1909-10 



The striking feature of this report is the large proportion 

 of cases discovered which were not considered important enough 

 to be referred for treatment. It is to be assumed that all cases 

 regarded as needing treatment were referred. The percentage 

 of eye and ear cases in which physicians were consulted, based upon 

 the numbers referred, is much higher than in Harrisburg or Pasa- 

 dena; but the number of cases under the head of "hearing" is 

 so small that discussion as to their disposition is hardly worth 

 while. 



INTER-CITY COMPARISONS 



The foregoing data, cited from the reports of the different 

 cities, give a general idea of the degree to which inspection for 

 the detection of physical defects results in remedial treatment. 

 It must be remembered that these data are gathered from cities 

 where the problem has been given special attention and undoubt- 

 edly reflect conditions distinctly better than the average. When 

 the figures from four of the cities are brought together the result 

 is as shown in the following table: 



95 



