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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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APPENDIX III. Percentage of children classified in each group as regards condition of clothing, nutrition, cleanliness, teeth, and mental capacity.
| Clothing and Footgear. | Nutrition. | Cleanliness of Head. | Cleanliness of Body. | Condition of Teeth. | Mental Condition. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Entrants—Boys | 57.8 | 39.9 | 2.3 | 32.1 | 62.4 | 5.4 | .04 | 900 | 9.7 | .3 | 820 | 17.2 | .8 | 47.6 38.2 | 14.2 | _ | _ | _ |
| Girls | 58.0 | 40.5 | 1.5 | 32.3 | 62.5 | 5.1 | .03 | 76.2 | 22.4 | 1.4 | 811 | 18.0 | .9 | 47.1 39 1 | 13.8 | . | — | — |
| 8.9— Bovs | 51.4 | 44.6 | 4.0 | 211 | 69.8 | 9.0 | .06 | 88.4 | 11.4 | .2 | 76.6 | 220 | 1.4 | 45.9 43.2 | 10.9 | 92.5 | 7.3 | .2 |
| Girls | 55.0 | 430 | 20 | 23.3 | 69.0 | 7.7 | .05 | 69.2 | 29.4 | 1.4 | 77.6 | 21.4 | 1.0 | 46.6 42.8 | 10.6 | 93.4 | 6.4 | .2 |
| Leavers—. Boys | 52.5 | 43.4 | 41 | 29.0 | 63.8 | 7.2 | .03 | 90.9 | 8.9 | .2 | 77.9 | 20.9 | 1.2 | 53.1 39.7 | 7.2 | 92.8 | 7.18 | .02 |
| Girls | 58.2 | 40.1 | 1.7 | 32.8 | 60.9 | 6.3 | .04 | 72.6 | 26.2 | 1.2 | 80.7 | 18.5 | .8 | 55.5 37.8 | 6.7 | 91.96 | 802 | .02 |
| 55.7 | 41.7 | 2.6 | 29.5 | 63.8 | 6.6 | .04 | 81.6 | 17.6 | .8 | 79.6 | 19.4 | 1.0 | 50.4 39.6 | 100 | — | — | — | |
The classification 1,2, 3 refers to good, fair, and poor in regard to clothing, cleanliness and condition
of teeth; 4 in nutrition = malnutrition. In regard to mental condition 1 =good or fair, 2 = dull or
backward, 3 = mentally defective.
APPENDIX IV Medical Inspection in Training Colleges, Secondary Schools and Trade Schools. Scholars—Defects noted on medical examination.
| Institutions. | No. examined. | Defects. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teeth. | Vision. | Throat and nose. | Ears. | Heart. | Lungs. | Ansemia. | Back. | Nutrition. | Cleanliness. | Various. | |||||
| Defective. | Signs of eye.strain. | Hearing. | Discharge. | Round. | Curvature. | ||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) |
| (i.) L.C.C. Training Colleges, Secondary and Trade Schools. | |||||||||||||||
| (a) Training colleges— Males | 18 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Females | 881 | 88 | 158 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 36 | 73 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 61 |
| (6) Secondary schools— Males | 1,872 | 481 | 229 | 22 | 56 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 24 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 89 |
| Females | 5,234 | 1,382 | 1,128 | 130 | 172 | 22 | 29 | 104 | 25 | 246 | 626 | 283 | 260 | 135 | 586 |
| (c) Trade Schools— Males Females | 411 504 | 81 136 | 48 105 | 1 17 | 8 14 | 2 4 | 2 2 | 5 6 | 1 | 3 27 | 12 75 | 4 31 | 1 26 | 2 6 | 10 43 |
| (ii.) Secondary and Trade Schools, Aided but not maintained by the Council. | |||||||||||||||
| 609 | 148 | 73 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 70 | |
| Females | 843 | 155 | 99 | 21 | 11 | 1 | — | 2 | 23 | 31 | 28 | 20 | 28 | 27 | |
| (b) Trade schools— Males | 366 | 129 | 63 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 34 | |
| Females | 760 | 182 | 149 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 25 | 60 | 21 | 1 | 80 | 36 |