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London County Council 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: Routine medical examinations of scholars in the three months.

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Routine medical examinations of scholars in the three months.

	Vision, Urgent cases.	Hearing.	Throat and Nose.	Speech.	Dirt.	Physically Defective.	Mentally Defective.	Other objects.
Provided, Schools. Returned as defective on head teachers' lists	320	1,704	—	1,451	—	2,753	1,438	—
Returned by doctor— (a) From head teachers' lists	299	888	—	429	—	1,409	455	—
(6) For special schools examination	2	3	—	5	—	35	307	—
(c) From children examined in their classes	994	810	2,098	—	119	—	—	1,440
Non-provided, Schools. Returned as defective on head teachers' lists	568	1,291	—	1,211	—	1,339	1,052	—
Returned by doctor— (a) From head teacher's lists	371	1,017	—	584	—	668	375	—
(6) For special schools examinations	7	18	—	2	—	34	335	—
(c) From children examined in their classes	825	572	1,876	—	171	—	—	743

Table: In addition, observations were made of the conditions of the buildings and surroundings, and the following special conditions noted:—

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In addition, observations were made of the conditions of the buildings and surroundings, and the following special conditions noted:—

	Departments reported on.	Nature of Special Reports.	Reports on matters of—
	Departments reported on.	Nature of Special Reports.	Lighting.	Ventilation	Heating.	Sanitation.	Furniture.
Provided schools	276	Good	86	73	64	61	55
		Fair	34	20	17	10	21
		Bad	34	25	17	5	5
Non-provided schools	372	Good	68	49	49	44	29
		Fair	63	49	23	25	19
		Bad	132	94	31	34	127

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These reports have been made in a perfectly impartial manner by the twenty local assistant
medical officers. They serve to show the lack of hygienic ideas still prevailing in some schools, also
incidentally what a low standard in regard especially to lighting, ventilation and furniture has been
satisfactory to inspectors and compatible with earning the Government grants.

Table: By setting out the table in the corresponding proportions for reports on 1,000 departments the conditions of the provided and non-provided schools is rendered more comparable.

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By setting out the table in the corresponding proportions for reports on 1,000 departments the conditions of the provided and non-provided schools is rendered more comparable.

	Nature of Reports.	Reports on matters of—
	Nature of Reports.	Lighting.	Ventilation.	Heating.	Sanitation.	Furniture.
Provided schools (1,000 reports)	Good	311	265	229	219	198
	Fair	123	72	62	36	75
	Bad	123	90	62	18	18
Non-provided schools (1,000 reports)	Good	183	132	132	118	77
	Fair	169	132	61	67	51
	Bad	354	253	83	91	341

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London County Council 1905

Table: Routine medical examinations of scholars in the three months.

Table: In addition, observations were made of the conditions of the buildings and surroundings, and the following special conditions noted:—

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Table: By setting out the table in the corresponding proportions for reports on 1,000 departments the conditions of the provided and non-provided schools is rendered more comparable.

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