The Prevalence of Visual and Aural Defects among the Public School Children of St. Louis County, MO.
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to form a just opinion as to the advisability of inaugurating a state-wide medical inspection of all school children. It seemed worth while to undertake such a study of the school children of St. Louis County for the purpose of adding to our knowledge in this matter. The present investigation was limited to the prevalence of impaired vision, defective hearing and well marked adenoids. Some two thousand children were examined in the public schools of Wellston, Clayton, Webster and Tuxedo, suburban communities in the neighborhood of St. Louis. The eyes were tested by means of Snellen's charts hung in
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