sentences:  No definite cases of tuberculosis directly affecting bones were found but in two individuals there were changes in the ribs consistent with their having suffered from tuberculosis of the lungs.The only major congenital abnormality found consisted of bony changes resulting from a possible case of Down's syndrome.Relatively minor congenital abnormalities of the spine were found in 19 skeletons, ten of which were cases of "spina bifida occulta".