Report of Committee on Children to the Council of British Medical Assocation.

  • Warner, Francis, 1847-1926.
Date:
[1894]
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Credit: Report of Committee on Children to the Council of British Medical Assocation. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cated rickets tlie fact was registered; conditions of the cranium were not accepted as evidenoe of rickets, but were registered under their respective headings (see Aa 2, 4, 5). Boys, 39; girls, 10. G. Exceptional Children.—Children who on account of cer- tain observed defects may at once be said to need individual consideration: 76. Idiots. 77. Imbeciles. Boys, 3 ; girls, 2. 78. Children feebly gifted mentally. Boys, 50; girls, 51. 79. Children mentally excep- tional. Boys, 4 ; girls, 3, 80. Epileptics, and children with history of fits dur- ing school life. Boys, 20; girls, 35. 81. Dumb. Boys, 4. 182. Children crippled, maimed, and paralysed. 83. Disease of hip. Boys, 11; girls, 3. 84. Disease of spine. Boys, 11; girls, 8. 85. Disease of upper limb. Boys, 7; girls, 3. 86. Disease of lower limb. Boys, 11; girls, 5. 87. Hand maimed. Boys, 2 ; girls, 1. 88. Amputation of arm. Boys, 89. Amputation of leg. Boys, 5; girls, 1. 90. Congenital absence of greater part of upper limb. Boys, 2 ; girls, 3. 91. Congenital absence of hand. 92. Congenital defect of hand. Boys, —; girls, 2. 93. Congenital absence of foot. Boy, 1. 94. Club foot. 95. Hemiplegia. Boys, 7 ; girls, 11. 96. Paraplegia. 97. Infantile palsy, upper limb. Boys, 1; girls,'3. 98. Infantile palsy, lower limb. Boys, 11; girls, 10. 99. Torticollis. Boys, 4; girls, 5. 100. Blind, or nearly so. Girls, 3. 101. Chorea. Girl, 1. 102. Crippled by burn. Boys, 2; girls, 4. 103. Heart disease. Boy, 1. —; girls, —. Francis Warner, Honorary Secretary.