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Table: APPENDIX XII.MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN—ENTRANTS.SUMMARY OF DEFECTS REPORTED BY SCHOOL DOCTORS. AGE GROUP—ENTRANTS—BOYS. F.=D efects found. (x ) =D efects referred for treatment.

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APPENDIX XII.

MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN—ENTRANTS.

SUMMARY OF DEFECTS REPORTED BY SCHOOL DOCTORS. AGE GROUP—ENTRANTS—BOYS. F.=D efects found. (x ) =D efects referred for treatment.

Borough.	Number of children examined.	Clothing and footgear.			Nutrition.				Cleanliness and condition of skin.			Skin defects.		Teeth.				Nose and throat.					Enlarged glands.		Eyes.					Ears.			Speech.				Circulation.				Defects of lungs.		Defects of nervous system.		Tuberculosis.				Rickets.		Deformities.		Infectious diseases.		Malnutrition.		Enlarged glands (other than throat). 3rd term only.		Other defects.		Cards issued.
														Teeth.				Tonsils.	Adenoids.	Tonsils and adenoids.	Other defects.				External disease.	Squint & defective sight 1st & 2nd terms.	Squint. 3rd term only.	Defective sight. 3rd term only.	Disease and defects.	Disease.	Hearing.	Disease and hearing.	Speech.				Circulation.								Tuberculosis.
														1.	2	3.	Defect.	Tonsils.	Adenoids.	Tonsils and adenoids.	Other defects.				External disease.	Squint & defective sight 1st & 2nd terms.	Squint. 3rd term only.	Defective sight. 3rd term only.	Disease and defects.	Disease.	Hearing.	Disease and hearing.	Stammering.		Other defects.		Heart defects.		Anæmia.						Phthisis.		Other.
		1.	2.	3.	1.	2.	3.	4.* 3rd term only.	1.	2.	3.	F.	(x)	1.	2	3.	(x)	F.	F.	(X)	F.	(x)	F.	(x)	F.	F.	F.	f.	(X)	F.	f.	(X)	f.	(X)	f.	(x)	F.	(x)	F.	(X)	F.	(x)	F.	(X)	f.	(X)	F.	(x)	F.	(x)	F.	(x)	F.	(x)	f.	(X)	F.	(x)	f.	(X)
Battersea	1,971	940	902	129	368	1,428	173	2	1,174	677	120	27	20	852	856	263	181	201	128	249	24	7	96	8	31	29	8		52	30	23	41	1		4	1	15	12	10	8	49	40	6	4	5	3	4	2	73	5	9	4	2	2	5	4	3		47	24	579
Bermondsey	1,600	535	858	207	383	961	247	9	789	687	124	77	34	1,195	300	105	111	182	181	190	73	7	246	33	81	37	11		94	52	17	48	2		18		80	8	48	18	139	80	22	8	4	3	2		76	16	26	11	5	2	11	11	4		204	76	539
Bethnal Green	1,754	690	925	139	754	779	214	7	837	802	115	36	19	1,094	532	128	85	77	56	91	81	19	42	3	67	43	10	1	93	34	4	28	4	1	5		19		49	9	69	25	5	3	4	3	6	1	34	4	31	6	4	1	10	10	1		33	15	371
Camberwell	3,000	1,702	1,213	85	1,651	1,252	97		1,926	984	90	37	24	2,002	756	242	78	251	152	273	59	17	80	10	47	31	20	11	78	60	26	65	8	1	13	1	31	14	48	30	85	46	10	3	8	8	1	1	16	5	37	17	4	2	7	5			48	36	777
Chelsea	573	298	231	44	298	212	63		354	187	32	9	3	339	182	52	31	61	46	75	4	4	14	5	12	14	2		14	7	2	6			2		9	1	5		47	10	1		2	2	1		17	1	4	1			2	1	2		7	7	144
City	170	91	76	3	82	74	14		111	54	5	12	2	73	80	17	13	20	7	11	4	1	1		1	11	1		8	3		2							5		3								2		2		1						2		39
Deptford	1,160	599	472	89	549	527	84		639	459	62	37	14	823	256	81	153	138	158	164	50	16	117	33	30	25	5		43	41	14	50	10	6	21		19	1	19	4	53	19	11	5	5	3	1	1	11		34	2			2	2			56	17	424
Finsbury	1,221	322	751	148	444	663	114		488	591	142	25	15	739	385	97	99	102	42	72	25	16	288	5	33	21	2		35	28	4	24	2	2	6		43	2	49	6	75	18	14	2	10	3	7	4	83	3	8	2	1						32	12	275
Fulham	1,753	1,067	581	105	747	900	105	1	1,240	421	92	53	21	1,049	463	241	161	178	141	196	37	12	93	11	49	38	3	1	70	42	12	33	12	4	8		27	11	30	17	111	52	7	3	9	7	8	7	51	7	22	7	5		13	13			27	14	552
Greenwich	1,161	399	701	61	384	703	74		487	608	66	21	17	780	304	77	82	68	47	100	17	9	24	19	30	12	3	1	39	35	10	44			1		2		16	13	26	19	16	10	1	1	2		6	1	7	6			3	3			31	11	282
Hackney	2,241	1,174	998	69	701	1,319	218	3	1,409	749	83	41	21	1,661	482	98	65	247	220	206	53	14	184	17	89	47	10	3	83	67	42	46	8	1	40	1	105	5	33	19	152	50	27	6	4	2	5	1	183	9	41	13			7	7			75	41	506
Hammersmith	1,183	599	542	42	287	829	66	1	962	188	33	25	6	657	300	226	157	149	137	137	26	1	123	4	20	12	4	1	26	34	7	25	5		2		59	1	28	2	47	9	4	1	3	3	3		24	3	29	17	1		2	2			88	24	356
Hampstead	529	285	229	15	331	166	32		335	183	11	5	2	337	155	37	26	37	24	31	13	3	23	9	7	5	2		6	11	2	10			7		18	2	11	7	28	3	13	3					35	2	11	1			6	6	3		13	6	105
Holborn	453	207	214	32	161	261	31		313	125	15	23	7	248	136	69	49	67	97	40	26	3	148	2	23	5	7	1	13	27	12	F9	3		16		13	2	28	8	42	14	2	2	2	2	2		24		7	3							17	5	136
Islington	3,382	1,602	1,580	200	1,451	1,662	266	3	2,221	1,022	139	69	23	2,208	811	363	325	326	310	435	35	17	152	26	86	53	10	1	118	75	60	91	20	8	64		48	8	83	45	112	51	17	4	4	2	11	2	91	13	38	8	1		11	10			51	27	1,009
Kensington	1,306	596	608	102	456	768	82		697	437	172	29	11	829	341	136	57	112	79	101	38	7	108	27	29	23	6	2	34	34	9	25	1		5		21		38	12	60	11	9		4	1	2	1	55	7	35	7	1		1	1			19	15	275
Lambeth	2,719	1,509	1,103	107	1,536	1,008	172	3	1,703	889	127	61	45	1,810	578	331	386	316	278	347	43	17	94	30	70	36	11		86	71	23	72	2	2	9		31	7	48	34	67	45	28	6	2	2	13	5	62	6	14	6	2		10	9	]		126	69	981
Lewisham	1,375	885	457	33	613	671	91		1,010	348	17	13	2	979	339	57	62	63	95	113	7		24	4	17	10	3		18	19	7	20	1		1		9	2	' 6	1	15	5	1	1	1				11	2	12	3	1		1	1	3		14	9	225
Paddington	1,279	723	480	76	553	626	100		831	352	96	16	8	799	310	170	94	101	67	106	13	4	93	11	11	17	4	i	15	25	6	24	3	2	1		20	4	23	6	52	13	15	5	2	1	2	1	23	1	8	5			2	2	13	2	31	18	292
Poplar	1,908	578	1,166	164	555	1,148	204	1	907	857	144	60	18	1,254	431	223	183	179	141	209	56	26	150	9	70	36	6	i	83	49	10	34	2		8		47	4	23	13	112	52	7	3	4	2	7		49	9	22	5			12	7			75	32	604
St. Marylebone	1,010	528	441	41	409	561	40		610	337	63	6	2	613	254	143	71	71	48	81	3	2	27	4	13	14	7	i	29	16	16	29	2		7		19	4	13	4	13	3	15	1	2	1	2	1	16	7	3	1			4	4	9		15	10	230
St. Pancras	2,307	1,290	927	90	974	1,191	142		1,624	573	110	40	17	1,441	659	207	129	178	169	136	66	6	182	17	52	33	19		75	59	31	46	12		41	1	45	5	91	47	146	55	24	1	4	3	2		61	4	40	8			7	7	4		52	37	526
Shoreditch	1,428	594	742	92	704	655	68	1	847	529	52	61	42	1,121	182	125	140	206	127	230	51	19	93	67	60	32	7		73	62	30	61	5		12	1	45	19	37	26	158	105	13	7	3		3	2	51	16	45	13	2	2	1	1			58	33	567
Southwark	2,342	792	1,348	202	752	1,323	262	5	1,062	1,127	153	89	31	1,273	738	331	367	300	228	310	69	12	187	47	46	43	17		76	85	43	89	3		10	1	37	11	78	57	159	96	26	12	4	2	4	1	32	7	31	11	1	1	14	14	5		93	55	955
Stepney	3,890	1,538	2,019	333	1,829	' 1,678	378	5	1,916	1,633	341	219	41	1,971	1,452	467	320	419	287	387	181	33	202	18	202	88	32	2	190	109	49	71	9	1	18		61	15	145	25	210	60	35	9	15	8	16	5	141	6	63	3	4		12	12	5	1	89	51	1,074
Stoke Newington	324	163	156	5	114	191	19		218	98	8	9	5	233	49	42	2	61	60	37	7	2	20	1	9	1			2	7	5	4	1		2		6	1	4	1	10	2	6				1		17		10		1	1					3		55
Wandsworth	3,443	2,170	1,152	121	1,252	2,057	134		2,505	839	99	43	24	1,958	1,195	290	379	366	293	423	33	17	50	17	43	23	22		65	54	21	56			10		26	12	30	20	70	37	11	4	4	4	6	2	30	3	22	14	3	2	7	7	2		64	35	973
Westminster	967	594	320	53	469	373	125		695	241	31	25	8	503	387	77	60	83	63	79	5	3	12	6	11	4	6	14	18	15	1	11	2		4	2	16	1	9	2	49	14	1	1	1	1	1	1	19	3	8	2			1	1			16	9	206
Woolwich	1,431	731	631	69	775	594	62		1,042	343	46	43	33	805	389	237	281	247	244	311	9	6	22	21	39	16	13	11	57	34	24	42	8	4	49	6	17	12	13	13	32	27	11	6	2	2	1	1	34	7	29	28	4	3	13	13			36	26	698
	47,880	23,201	21,823	2,856	19,582	24,580	3,677	41	28,952	16,340	2,588	1,211	513	29,646	13,302	4,932	4,147	4,806	3,925	5,140	1,108	300	2,895	464	1,278	759	251	52	1,593	1,185	510	1,106	126	32	384	19	888	164	1,020	447	2,191	961	357	110	109	69	113	39	1,327	147	648	203	43	19	164	153	55	3	1,422	714	13,755
AGE GROUP—ENTRANTS—GIRLS.
Battersea	1,820	869	846	105	367	1,316	137		1,036	676	108	48	21	775	807	238	144	207	94	235	14	4	84	5	29	21	8		57	28	19	35	2	1	2		14	10	7	6	41	27	2		5	5	5	4	43	2	5	3			6	6	2	1	44	17	522
Bermondsey	1,671	569	892	210	452	999	210	10	801	737	133	132	32	1,252	289	130	155	156	132	143	68	17	211	32	70	45	10		82	50	18	38	3		14		92	4	59	28	146	85	33	16	7	1	1		39	9	8	2			11	11	3		158	63	549
Bethnal Green	1,664	735	813	116	772	718	166	8	821	709	134	44	17	1,063	505	96	82	68	41	78	78	19	32	4	59	35	10	1	65	34	11	35			3		27	4	30	6	78	40	9	4	2	2	3	1	16	2	6	2	3	2	10	10			29	14	336
Camberwell	2.930	1,751	1,134	45	1,661	1,191	77	1	1,868	975	87	45	16	1,888	787	255	248	219	140	235	52	10	63	10	53	43	15	10	90	52	24	55	3		6		37	20	41	32	99	50	14	6	8	3	2		12	4	30	11	3	2	7	6	1	1	40	35	733
Chelsea	543	251	235	57	270	220	53		319	182	42	9	2	314	186	43	35	35	23	31	3		17	4	17	14	5		23	7	3	4	2				9	3	6	2	39	7	2	2	4	2	1		5		5	2			1	1			9	5	110
City	170	106	59	5	79	81	9		129	38	3	14	4	78	72	20	21	19	4	11	1		1	1	7	5	1	1	9						1		1	1	5	1	2	1	1				1	1	2		1				1	1			2	1	42
Deptford	1,145	606	463	76	559	522	64		640	440	65	28	5	765	295	85	147	133	127	137	37	16	69	23	26	23	4		30	51	17	65	1		12	1	15		28	14	54	26	25	12	2				16	2	16	3			3	3	1		51	18	401
Finsbury	1,109	293	725	91	427	572	110		442	522	145	31	7	668	253	88	83	94	67	74	21	4	245	6	20	22	4		34	35	9	28			2		41	3	31	5	60	14	11		6	4	2	2	19	1	10	3			I	1			26	16	241
Fulham	1,685	1,028	587	70	729	847	108	1	1,207	386	92	51	14	1,054	448	183	147	131	116	125	25	7	70	9	37	20	3	5	43	37	16	37	3		14		18	3	23	13	90	39	10	4	11	8	3	1	28	10	10	4			11	11			24	16	422
Greenwich	1,196	478	676	42	459	682	54	1	605	543	48	16	8	790	307	99	103	69	43	93	24	12	22	13	14	22	7		40	32	10	42			4	1	3	1	6	4	23	17	13	8	5	4	1	1	1		6	3			8	8			20	12	292
Hackney	2,217	1,242	906	69	757	1,260	198	2	1,426	699	92	138	21	1,641	471	105	75	280	203	171	34	8	178	12	91	43	10		83	51	42	43	4		23	1	65	7	43	22	138	48	37	6	10	7	1		84	8	22	9			7	7	2	2	78	39	471
Hammersmith	1,212	624	550	38	370	788	54		1,000	177	35	30	9	656	312	244	167	130	129	126	37	1	112	1	14	8	4	3	23	33	13	25	1		6		36	3	18	1	36	11	4	2	2	2	3	3	14	7	8	4			2	2	1	1	104	34	352
Hampstead	469	274	188	7	265	184	20		314	142	13	11	7	274	166	29	12	35	16	33	8	1	16	4	6	3	3		7	15	4	9	1		3		16		11	1	36	11	11		1	1	2		27		7	3			1	1	2		11	4	61
Holborn	467	193	260	14	168	271	28		312	129	26	36	1	274	133	60	48	75	86	30	25		167	1	16	1	4		6	43	13	12	1		24		6	3	35	14	50	12	2	2	1	1	1	1	14	2	11	4			2	2			13	2	115
Islington	3,258	1,661	1,479	118	1,504	1,525	227	2	2,151	956	151	96	17	2,195	735	328	73	305	282	348	26	9	131	10	67	55	22		118	85	50	77	9	5	34	2	39	6	46	25	90	40	17	3	7	3	2	1	41	5	14	2	4		10	10			53	33	847
Kensington	1,230	581	558	91	419	763	48		668	408	154	49	10	739	335	156	56	115	57	79	21	3	120	40	30	8	4	11	27	42	4	34	1		5		17		30	4	48	6	4		5	4	1		37		14	5	1		2	1			21	13	231
Lambeth	2,551	1,424	1,044	83	1,407	1,008	136		1,587	816	148	91	26	1,709	533	309	399	296	178	288	31	14	64	14	64	51	10	. 1	87	69	35	59	4		11		27	4	43	21	88	44	28	6	2	1	5		22	1	8		2		6	6			81	59	866
Lewisham	1,274	811	442	21	638	542	94		975	285	14	30	3	936	291	47	54	57	66	72	3		13	2	16	20	15	2	32	17	10	26	1				4		5	2	18	2	4	3	2		1		4	1	4	3							4	3	180
Paddington	1,305	778	480	47	615	625	65		839	331	135	22	3	842	293	170	76	99	56	84	8	1	75	7	6	21	6	2	21	25	10	25	2				21	1	22	7	45	14	10		5	3	3		18	2	4				3	3			20	13	266
Poplar	1,794	631	1,045	118	637	1,001	155	1	844	819	131	54	20	1,186	413	195	182	177	106	160	44	21	127	7	60	39	3	1	76	51	23	46	4	1	6		41	4	9	9	99	40	11	2	5	3	3	1	27	4	19	7			6	1			54	25	542
St. Marylebone	984	502	441	41	404	533	46	1	597	320	67	10	7	591	256	137	71	67	45	73	2		54	5	12	15	8		22	10	15	20			3		18	3	9	4	14	4	6	2	1		6	4	4		4	2			3	3	7	1	15	13	219
St. Pancras	2,210	1,240	884	86	1,036	1,088	86		1,532	586	92	37	21	1,435	575	200	155	171	146	139	38	9	153	12	39	23	36		44	54	31	65	8		29		34	5	100	34	146	51	12		3	3	8	2	46	1	27	5			1	1	1		60	31	490
Shoreditch	1,497	713	720	64	834	617	46		884	575	38	56	28	1,183	190	124	142	217	110	224	46	23	65	43	54	37	8		75	41	48	59	5	2	8	2	39	14	37	23	145	108	18	7	11	9	5	2	27	10	27	10	7	4					47	26	595
Southwark	2,289	849	1,294	146	873	1,192	223	1	1,100	1,056	133	117	23	1,279	722	288	370	295	210	279	48	18	159	43	61	29	11	3	69	88	42	92	1	1	8	1	44	23	67	35	154	93	26	11	4	4	5		21	10	16	7	1	1	6	6	4		75	39	905
Stepney	3,850	1,652	1,927	271	1,872	1,589	379	10	1,815	1,688	347	262	39	1,966	1,452	432	317	387	203	296	126	15	153	19	164	85	22	1	150	98	49	72	6	1	6		71	13	140	29	193	57	34	10	18	10	16	5	53	4	28	7	2		29	28			84	55	972
Stoke Newington	289	161	124	4	136	139	14		190	93	6	13	1	212	49	28	2	48	46	27	1		13		6	4	1		5	7	6	2			2		1		6	1	2		1						5	1	3								4	1	39
Wandsworth	3,327	2,214	1,019	94	1,195	2,001	130	1	2,493	760	74	61	17	1,928	1,096	303	419	361	206	383	26	2	47	14	44	40	19		71	42	18	37	3		6	1	41	15	19	12	49	29	g	4	4	3	5	1	12	2	11	6	4	1	2	1	4	1	47	23	919
Westminster	862	501	307	54	362	439	61		630	188	44	32	4	537	232	93	56	60	42	64	10	5	9	3	16	13		3	26	18	6	13			4	1	13	2	8	2	37	14	2	2	4	1	1	1	7	2	2	2			1				10	7	197
Woolwich	1,420	761	619	40	752	621	47		1,034	333	53	44	12	823	399	198	253	176	189	237	12	7	13	8	28	13	12		50	27	26	41	4	2	40	2	13	9	13	11	46	37	18	6	4	1	8	3	25	10	16	13	2	2	17	17			12	10	555
	46,438	23,498	20,717	2,223	20,019	23,334	3,045	40	28,259	15,569	2,610	1,607	395	29,053	12,702	4,683	4,092	4,482	3,163	4,275	869	226	2,483	352	1,126	758	272	44	1,465	1,142	572	1,096	69	13	276	12	803	161	897	368	2,066	927	373	117	139	85	95	34	669	100	342	122	34	12	157	147	28	7	1,196	627	12,470

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London County Council 1912

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Table: APPENDIX XII.MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN—ENTRANTS.SUMMARY OF DEFECTS REPORTED BY SCHOOL DOCTORS. AGE GROUP—ENTRANTS—BOYS. F.=D efects found. (x ) =D efects referred for treatment.