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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1920
Annual report of the Council, 1920. Vol. III. Public Health
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TABLE IX.
Medical Inspection of Students in Secondary Schools, Training Colleges and Trade Schools.
| Institutions. | No. examined. | DEFECTS. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teeth. | Vision. | Nose and throat. | Hearing. | Ear discharge. | Heart. | Lungs. | Anaemia. | Back. | Nutrition. | Various. | ||||
| Defective. | Eye strain. | Round. | Curvature. | |||||||||||
| L.C.C. schools. Training colleges— | ||||||||||||||
| Males | 176 | 22 | 62 | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 14 |
| Females | 1,206 | 158 | 207 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 49 | 123 | 47 | 65 | 99 |
| Secondary schools— | ||||||||||||||
| Males | 2,284 | 371 | 348 | 5 | 72 | 11 | 13 | 56 | 14 | 70 | 32 | 11 | 13 | 126 |
| Females | 5,103 | 1,135 | 894 | 113 | 262 | 40 | 15 | 112 | 40 | 169 | 485 | 251 | 240 | 542 |
| Trade schools— | ||||||||||||||
| Males | 615 | 108 | 52 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| Females | 617 | 74 | 110 | 27 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 30 | 91 | 23 | 34 | 82 |
| Aided by L.C.C. Secondary schools — | ||||||||||||||
| Males | 647 | 171 | 80 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| Females | 460 | 99 | 75 | 7 | 20 | — | — | 8 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 36 |
| Trade schools— | ||||||||||||||
| Males | 353 | 77 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | 6 | 2 | — | 16 |
| Females | 563 | 141 | 86 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 29 | 8 | — | 80 |
| L.C.C. scholars at unaided institutions. | ||||||||||||||
| Males | 275 | 15 | 35 | — | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | — | 2 | l | — | 1 | 9 |
| Females | 109 | 17 | 10 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 12,408 | 2,388 | 1,991 | 186 | 447 | 90 | 50 | 263 | 77 | 367 | 813 | 366 | 365 | 1,051 | |
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