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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TABLE D Scholars—Defects noted on medical examination.
| Institutions. | No. examined. | Defects. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teeth. | Vision. | Throat and nose. | Bars. | Heart. | Lungs. | Anaemia. | Back. | Nutrition. | Various. | |||||
| Defective. | Signs of eye-strain. | Hearing. | Discharge. | Round. | Curvature. | |||||||||
| (2) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | ||
| (i.) L.C.C. Training Colleges, Secondary and Trade Schools. | ||||||||||||||
| Males | 15 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Females | 1,372 | 185 | 302 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 62 | 125 | 34 | 146 | |||
| Males | 701 | 129 | 95 | 3 | 35 | 7 | 31 | — | 4 | |||||
| Females | 3,497 | 737 | 665 | 103 | 172 | 31 | 19 | 114 | 33 | 70 | 393 | 200 | 204 | 404 |
| Males | 385 | 71 | 43 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 23 | |||
| Females | 385 | 86 | 149 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 53 | ||||
| Males | 303 | 55 | 46 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 9 |
| Females | 747 | 69 | 130 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 38 |
| Males | 293 | 72 | 36 | — | 24 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 7 |
| Females | 255 | 69 | ??? | 9 | 12 | — | 2 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 47 |