Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Report of the County Medical Officer—Education. 177
An analysis of these numbers is given in the following table—
Scholarship. (1) | Number referred a second time. (2) | Referred for | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Want of cleanliness. (3) | Vision. (4) | Throat. (5) | Teeth. (6) | Speech. (7) | ||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
Beaufoy Institute | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Book production | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Building and Allied Trades | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cookery | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Dressmaking | ... | 5 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Laundry work | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
Millinery | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ||
Ready-made clothing (designing and making of) | ... | 6 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
Waistcoat making | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Some of the scholars were referred again for more than one defect.
28 candidates (12 boys, 16 girls) were rejected for reasons set out below. One of the candidates was rejected for two defects—
Scholarship. (1) | Reason of rejection. | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number rejected. (2) | Want of cleanliness. (3) | Teeth. (4) | Vision. (5) | Chest. (6) | Sundry. (7) | |||||||
m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | |
Apprenticeships (dressmaking) | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 ear disease | ... | |
Artificers, boy | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 7 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 2 under standard measurement | |
Beaufoy Institute | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Corset making | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Dressmaking | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 (heart) |
Photography | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ready made clothing (designing and making of) | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... 1 heart |
Tailoring (ladies) | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 general health | |
Upholstery | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 (scoliosis) |
Waistcoat making | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 (physique) |
The Council has made provision for a number of awards of a special character which cannot well
be classed as trade scholarships. Appendix IIIc shows the number of candidates examined and the
conditions found.
Of the 295 special scholarship candidates who were referred, 61 junior domestic economy scholars (girls) were referred a second time owing to defects not having been remedied. The defects are indicated in the following table—
Scholarship. (1) | Number referred a second time. (2) | Referred for | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Want of cleanliness. (3) | Vision. (4) | Throat. (5) | Teeth. (6) | ||
Domestic economy, junior | 61 | 26 | 30 | 2 | 5 |
Some of the candidates were referred again for more than one defect
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