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Table: Table VII. Medical Inspection in Secondary and Trade Schools. Summary of Results of Examination.

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Table VII. Medical Inspection in Secondary and Trade Schools. Summary of Results of Examination.

Age Group.	(1)		(2)				(3)			(4)			(5)			(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)			(10)	(11)(12)		(13)	(14)		(15)	(16)	(17)	(18)	(19)	(20)	(21)	(22)
	No. of children examined in detail.		Nutrition.				Clothing.			Skin and Hair.			Teeth.			Nose and throat defects.	Enlarged glands.	External eye disease.	Vision.			N umber of children wearing glasses.	Ear disease.	Hearing defective.	Speech defects.	Heart and Circulation.	Anaemia.	Lung defects.	Nervous system.	Digestive system.	Spine.	Flat-foot.	Other deformities.	Defects of U.G. system.	Other defects.
	No. of children examined in detail.		Excellent.	Normal.	Below normal.	Bad (i.e., \ Malnutrition)	Good.	Fair.	Poor.	Olean.	Dirty.	Pediculi present.	Sound.	Less than 4 decayed.	4 or more decayed.				G/6 in both eyes.	6/9 in either eye.	6/12 or worse in either eye.
	l.C.C. scholars.	Fee-payers.	Excellent.	Normal.	Below normal.	Bad (i.e., \ Malnutrition)	Good.	Fair.	Poor.	Olean.	Dirty.	Pediculi present.	Sound.	Less than 4 decayed.	4 or more decayed.				G/6 in both eyes.	6/9 in either eye.	6/12 or worse in either eye.
Boys.		—
Age 12	1484	—	206	1196	82	—	1469	15	—	1481	3	—	1124	344	16	55	19	29	1045	207	232	232	8	4	15	33	20	9	6	1	12	31	30	10	33
	—	—	13.9	80.6	5.5	—	99.0	1.0	—	99.8	0.2	—	75.7	23.2	1.1	3.7	1.3	2.0	70.4	13.9	15.7	15.7	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.2	1.3	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.8	2.1	2.0	0.7	2.2
Age 15	1706	—	328	1281	95	2	1652	53	1	1686	20	—	1181	498	27	50	21	17	1156	264	286	292	8	12	13	44	11	9	14	3	55	50	48	25	72
	—	—	19.2	75.1	5.6	0.1	96.8	3.1	0.1	98.8	1.2	—	69.2	29.2	1.6	2.9	1.2	1.0	67.7	15.5	16.8	17.1	0.5	0.7	0.8	2.6	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.2	3.2	2.9	2.8	1.5	4.2
Other ages and specials	3792	—	633	2837	142	2	3469	72	1	3537	31	—	2547	839	89	135	63	32	2462	471	610	671	32	16	27	54	66	11	31	4	53	49	60	48	147
	—	—	17.5	78.5	4.0	—	98.0	2.0	0.0	99.1	0.9	—	73.3	24.1	2.6	3.6	1.7	0.8	69.5	13.3	17.2	18.9	0.8	0.4	0.7	1.4	1.7	0.3	0.8	0.1	1.4	1.3	1.6	1.3	3.9
Total	6982	_	1167	5314	319	4	6590	140	2	6704	54	—	4852	1681	132	240	103	78	4663	942	1128	1195	48	32	55	131	97	29	51	8	120	130	138	83	252
(Number reviewed 1996)	—	—	17.2	78.1	4.7	—	97.9	2.1	—	99.2	0.8	—	72.8	25.2	2.0	3.4	1.5	1.1	69.3	14.0	16.7	17.7	0.7	0.5	0.8	1.9	1.4	0.4	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.9	2.0	1.2	3.6
Girls.
Age 12	1206	—	352	686	165	3	1192	14	—	1197	8	1	961	234	11	125	18	21	828	177	201	223	9	3	2	42	29	7	14	4	143	2	125	6	36
	—	—	99.2	56.9	13.9	—	98.8	1.2	—	99.2	0.7	0.1	79.7	19.4	0.9	10.4	1.5	1.7	68.7	14.7	16.6	18.5	0.7	0.2	0.2	3.5	2.4	0.6	1.2	0.3	11.9	0.2	10.4	0.5	3.0
Age 15	1952	—	859	947	146	—	1918	33	1	1913	39	—	1474	452	26	133	5	25	1310	312	330	387	8	17	7	52	45	4	15	10	308	204	92	49	80
Other ages and specials	_	—	44.0	48.5	7.5	—	98.3	1.7	—	98.0	2.0	—	75.5	23.2	1.3	6.8	0.3	1.3	67.1	16.0	16.9	19.8	0.4	0.9	0.4	2.7	2.1	0.2	0.8	0.5	15.8	10.4	4.7	2.5	4.1
	2911	—	972	1168	372	4	2429	50	1	2437	43	—	1791	654	58	266	34	69	1558	526	408	498	16	21	14	126	76	9	14	17	449	459	258	78	125
	—	—	38.7	46.4	14.9	—	98.0	2.0	0.0	98.3	1.7	—	71.6	26.1	2.3	9.1	1.2	2.4	62.5	21.1	16.4	20.0	0.5	0.7	0.5	4.3	2.6	0.3	0.5	0.6	15.4	15.8	8.9	2.7	4.3
Total	6069	—	2183	2801	683	7	5539	97	2	5547	90	1	4226	1340	95	524	57	115	3696	1015	939	1108	33	41	23	220	150	20	43	31	900	665	475	133	241
(Number reviewed 2069)	—	—	38.5	49.4	12.1	—	98.3	1.7	0.0	98.4	1.6	0.0	74.6	23.7	1.7	8.6	0.9	1.9	65.4	18.0	16.6	19.6	0.5	0.7	0.4	3.6	2.5	0.3	0.7	0.5	14.8	11.0	7.8	2.2	4.0
Training colleges.
Men	149	—	26	113	9	1	149	—	—	149	—	—	135	13	1	9	3	—	114	23	12	46	—	—.	—	1	3	1	—	—	3	—	1	—	—
	—	—	17.4	75.9	6.7	—	100.0	—	—	100.0	—	—	90.6	8.7	0.7	6.0	2.0	—	76.1	7.5.4	8.1	30.9	—	—	—	0.7	2.0	0.7	—	—	2.0	—	0.7	—	—
Women	1084	—	444	509	104	27	1083	1	—	1081	3	—	910	170	4	88	11	16	839	156	89	346	—	—	2	61	37	5	2	6	216	126	69	21	34
(Number reviewed 31)	—	—	41.0	46.9	12.1	—	99.9	0.1	—	99.7	0.3	—	83.9	15.7	0.4	81	1.0	1.5	77.4	14.4	8.2	31.9	—	—	0.2	5.6	3.4	0.5	0.2	0.6	19.8	11.6	6.4	1.9	3.1
(Total number reviewed 4096)	14284	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—