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Heilsustandurin hjá børnutn í Eiðis læknadømi
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(the ratio 10 to 61).—36 out o£ 727, 5°/o, had pigeon=breast, and 3
funnel chest.
Most of the abovesmentioned deformities were little marked.
The sternal ends of some of the ribs (most often 3rd to 6th) curved
outwards on one or both sides on 33 children, 5°/o. More often row
of curves on the rightdiand side than on the leftdiand one. If the
curves were on both sides, they were often more marked on the right*
hand side than on the leftshand one.—13 children were bowdegged, 6
knockskneed, 2 had dextro convex scoliosis, 28 sinistro convex scoliosis,
18 mild kyfosis, and with 23 lordosis was obliterated. Too deep lordosis
was seen 5 times.
Diabetes mellitus was shown in a 10 year old girl.—6 children from
3 different homes had had mild symptoms of pellagra; they were fit on
the day of examination.
72°/o of the girls in the last 6 months before their 15th birthday had
had menses. 38°/o of the boys at the same age had fully developed hirci.
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