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APPENDIX I. 



Certificate as to a Child requiring Special Educational Training. 

 To he filled in by a Medical Officer. 



Name of child 



Age— 



Address^ — 



Physical health and condition - 



Developmental defects 



Nervous defects 



Defects in mental power — 



Facts communicated by otliers^ — 



(stating from whom) 



Opinion and recommendation as to the case, 



Date (Signed) Medical Officer. 



APPENDIX II. 



Statistical Report concerning 50,000 Children examined 1892-94. 



(Boys 26,287. Girls 23,713.) 



Boys Girls 

 Total number of children reported by teachers as dull at 



lessons 2,074 1,634 



Total number of children reported as pale, thin, or delicate . 749 770 



Total number of children with nerve-signs .... 2,8.53 2.015 

 Total number of children presenting a defect in development 



of body 2,308 1,618 



Children with low constitutional power, delicate, and dull . 80 79 

 Children crippled, maimed, paralysed ; those of defective 



mental development, and pupils with history of fits 



during school life 157 147 



Children using glasses and with eye defects .... 774 715 



Children with defects of cranium 706 622 



Children with defects of palate 496 324 



Children with defects of external ears 6G4 110 



Children with defect in development of body only . 

 Children with defect in development of body and ner 



signs only ......... 



Children with defect in development of body and low nutri 



tion only ......... 



Children with defect in development of body and dull only 

 Children with defect in development of body with nerve 



signs and low nutrition only 



With defect in development, nerve-signs, and dull only . 

 With defect in development, low nutrition, and dull only 

 With defect in development, low nutrition, nerve-signs, and 



dull 



Total number of children with some defect in development 

 in body 



Children with abnormal nerve-signs only .... 

 Children with abnormal nerve-signs and low nutrition only , 

 Children with abnormal nerve-signs and dull only . 

 Children with abnormal nerve-signs, low nu+.rition, and dull 



only 



Children pale, thin, or delicate (low nutrition) only 



Children on low nutrition and dull only 



Children reported as dull only without other defect 



80 



79 



2,308 1,618 



Total number of cases reported in this inquiry with a defect 5,112 3,829 



