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Table: Table Showing Physical Condition of Children Inspected.

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Table Showing Physical Condition of Children Inspected.

		Entrants.				Aged 8.				Aged II.				Leavers.				Total.
		Boys.	Girls.	Total.	Per Cent.	Boys.	Girls.	Total.	Per Cent.	Boys.	Girls.	Total.	Per Cent.	Boys.	Girls.	Total.	Percent.	Boys.	Girls.	Total.	Per Cent.
Total Examined.		404	329	733	—	277	310	587	—	234	297	581	—	202	187	389	—	1167	1123	2290	—
Clothing	Satisfactory	395	326	721	98.34	267	293	560	95.4	263	284	547	94.15	184	178	362	93.06	1109	1081	2190	95.63
Clothing	Unsatisfactory	9	3	12	1.66	10	17	27	4.6	21	13	34	5.85	18	9	27	6.94	58	42	100	4.37
Footgear	Satisfactory	404	329	733	100.	273	306	579	98.64	279	293	572	98.45	183	182	365	93.84	1139	1110	2249	98.19
Footgear	Unsatisfactory	—			—	4	4	8	1.36	5	4	9	1.55	19	5	24	6.16	28	13	41	1.81
Cleanliness of Head	Clean (no nits nor pedi. culi)	370	218	588	80.23	250	145	395	67.3	257	138	395	67.99	184	111	295	75.84	1061	612	1673	73.07
	Nits only	31	107	138	18.82	23	155	178	30.32	25	150	175	30.12	17	75	92	23.65	96	487	583	25.45
	Pediculi	3	4	7	.95	4	10	14	2.38	2	9	11	1.89	1	1	2	.51	10	24	34	1.48
Cleanliness of Body	Clean	403	328	731	99.73	269	303	572	97.45	273	293	566	97.25	194	187	381	97.96	1139	1110	2249	98.19
	Dirty	—	—	—	—	7	6	13	2.21	11	4	15	2.58	7	—	7	1.79	25	10	35	1.55
	Pediculi present	1	1	2	.27	1	1	2	.34	—	1	1	.17	1		1	.25	3	3	6	.26
Nutrition	Normal	396	325	721	98.34	269	299	568	96.77	261	283	544	93.64	183	168	351	90.24	1109	1075	2184	35.38
Nutrition	Below normal	8	4	12	1.66	8	11	19	3.23	23	14	37	6.36	19	19	38	9.76	58	48	106	4.62
Nose and Throat	No disease	264	247	511	69.71	197	221	418	71.23	213	227	440	75.74	140	123	263	67.65	814	818	1632	71.27
	Mouth breathers	7	1	8	1.09	4	3	7	1.19	4	1	5	.86	—		—	—	15	5	20	.87
	Tonsils: much enlarged	16	9	25	3.41	5	4	9	1.53	2	7	9	1.55	11	15	26	6.67	34	35	69	3.01
	slightly „	92	61	153	20.87	56	61	117	19.93	54	48	102	17.55	37	33	70	17.99	239	203	442	19.30
	Adenoids, slight or doubtful	11	5	16	2.18	9	5	14	2.38	4	4	8	1.38	7	7	14	3.59	31	21	52	2.27
	Adenoids, marked	14	6	20	2.74	6	16	22	3.74	7	10	17	2.92	7	9	16	4.10	34	41	75	3.28
External Eye Disease	No disease	396	322	718	97.97	268	304	578	97.45	281	293	574	98.81	199	185	384	98.73	1144	1104	2248	98.16
	Blepharitis	7	5	12	1.63	4	1	5	.85	1	2	3	.51	1	1	2	.51	13	9	22	.97
	Conjunctivitis	1	—	1	.13	5	2	7	1 .19	1	2	3	.51	2	1	3	.76	9	5	14	.61
	Corneal opacities	—	—	•—		—	1	1	.17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	.04
	Other disease	—	2	2	.27	—	2	2	.34	1	—	1	.17	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	.22
Ear Disease	No disease	401	325	726	99.06	275	307	582	99.15	280	288	568	97.77	200	186	386	99.24	1156	1106	2262	98.78
	Otorrhœa, right	2	2	4	.54	1	2	3	.51	2	4	6	1.03	1	1	2	.51	6	9	15	.65
	„ left	1	2	3	.40	1	1	2	.34	2	5	7	1.20	1	—	1	.25	5	8	13	.57
Teeth	Sound	125	98	223	30.42	59	56	115	19.60	49	83	132	22.71	84	77	161	41.39	317	314	631	27.55
	Less than 4 decayed	158	128	286	39.03	99	112	211	35.94	141	147	288	49.57	86	91	177	45.5	484	478	962	12.01
	4 or more decayed	121	103	224	30.55	119	142	261	44.46	94	67	161	27.72	32	19	51	13.11	366	331	697	10.44
Heart and Circulation	No disease	403	328	731	99.73	273	306	579	98.64	280	294	574	98.80	194	185	379	97.43	1150	1113	2263	98.82
Heart and Circulation	Organic disease	1	1	2	.27	4	4	8	1.36	4	3	7	1.20	8	2	10	2.57	17	10	27	1.18
Glands	Normal	358	305	663	90.45	232	246	478	81.44	232	256	488	84.0	147	141	288	74.04	969	948	1917	53.72
Glands	Enlarged	46	24	70	9.55	45	64	109	18.56	52	41	93	16.00	55	46	101	25.96	198	175	373	6.28
Lungs	No disease	382	316	698	95.24	276	306	582	99.15	282	294	576	99.14	201	186	387	99.5	1141	1102	2243 J	97.94
	Chronic Bronchitis and Bronchial Catarrh	20	12	32	4.36	1	4	5	.85	2	3	5	.86	_	—		-	23	19	42	1.85
	Tuberculosis	_	1	1	.13	—	_		—		—	—.	—	1	—	1	.25	1	1	2	.08
	,, suspected.	2	—	2	.27	—	—		—			—	-		1	1	.25	2	1	3	.13
Nervous System	No disease	399	329	728	99.33	276	309	585	99.66	282	296	578	99.49	202	186	388	99.75	1159.	1120	2279	99.54
	Epilepsy	1	_	1	.13	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	_	—	1	—	1	.04
	Chorea	—	—	—	-	—	1	1	17	—		—	—		1	1	.25	—	2	2	.08
	Other disease (Infantile paralysis of old standing )	4	—	4	.54	1	—	1	17	2	1	3	.51		—		—	7	1	8	.34
Skin	No disease	397	324	721	98.4	270	304	574	97.79	282	294	576	99.14	199	182	381	97.97	1148	1104	2252	98.35
	Ringworm	—	1	1	.13	1	_	1	17	1	—	1	.17	1	—	1	.25	3	1	4	.17
	Impetigo	2	1	3	.40	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	_	2	2	.51	2	3	5	.22
	Other disease	5	3	8	1.07	6	6	12	2.04	1	3	4	.69	2	3	5	1.27	14	15	29	1.26
Deformities	No deformity	398	328	726	99.05	277	310	587	100	283	293	576	99.14	201	185	386	99.24	1159	1116	2275	99.35
Deformities	Deformity present	6	1	7	.95	—	—		—	1	4	5	.86	1	2	3	.76	8	7	15	.65
Tuberculosis (non. pulmonary)	None	404	329	733	100.	276	310	586	99.83	283	297	580	99.83	202	187	389	100	1165	1123	2288	99.92
	Glands	—	_	_	-	—	_	—	-	1	—	1	.17	_	—	_	—	1	—	1	.04
	Skin	—	-	—	—	1	-	1	.17				—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	.04
Speech	No defect	395	327	722	98.52	274	308	582	99.15	280	296	576	99.14	201	186	387	99.49	1150	1117	2267	99.01
	Defective articulation.	8	2	10	1.35	2	1	3	.51	2	1	3	.51	—	—	—	-	12	4	16	.69
	Stammering	1	—	1	.13	1	1	2	.34	2	—	2	.35	1	1	2	.51	5	2	7	.30
Mental Condition	Normal	402	329	731	99.73	271	306	577	98.30	269	292	561	96.56	199	185	384	98.73	1141	1112	2253	98.37
Mental Condition	Dull or backward	2	—	2	.27	6	4	10	1.70	15	5	20	3.44	3	2	5	1.27	26	11	37	1.63
Hearing	No defect	399	325	724	98.78	270	302	572	97.45	280	287	567	97.6	197	178	375	96.41	1146	1092	2238	97.72
Hearing	Deafness	5	4	9	1.22	7	8	15	2.55	4	10	14	2.4	5	9	14	3.59	21	31	52	2.28
Vision	6/6 Each Eye					167	175	342	58.28	212	183	400	68.8	159	117	276	70.9	538	470	1008	54.7
	Right Eye					13	17	30	5.11	11	20	31	5.3	8	16	24	6.1	32	53	85	5.4
	6/6 Left Eye					17	10	27	4.59	10	18	28	4.8	12	7	19	4.8	39	35	74	4.7
	Right Eye					49	63	112	19.08	28	35	63	10.8	14	26	40	10.2	91	124	215	13.8
	6/9 Left Eye					44	71	115	19.6	22	37	59	10.1	14	36	50	12.7	80	144	224	14.4
	Right Eye					13	20	33	5.62	8	11	19	3.3	9	6	15	3.8	30	37	67	4.3
	⁶/¹² Left Eye					19	20	39	6.63	10	6	16	2.7	7	8	15	3.8	36	34	70	4.5
	Right Eye					10	10	20	3.4	10	9	19	3.3	5	6	11	2.8	25	25	50	3.2
	6/15 Left Eye					8	3	11	1.87	9	4	13	2.1	6	8	14	3.6	23	15	38	2.4
	Right Eye					8	8	16	2.72	7	4	11	1.8	2	6	8	2.0	17	18	35	2.2
	^6/21 Left Eye					7	11	18	3.06	5	12	17	2.9	3	1	4	1.0	15	24	39	2.5
	Right Eye					3	2	5	.85	3	7	10	1.7	2	3	5	1.3	8	12	20	1.3
	6/30 Left Eye					1	4	5	.85	5	5	10	1.7	—	5	5	1.3	6	14	20	1.3
	Right Eye					2	_	2	.34	2	3	5	.8	—	3	3	.75	4	6	10	.6
	⁶/⁶⁰ Left Eye					2	-	2	.34	5	5	10	1.7		2	2	.5	7	7	14	.9
	Right Eve					—	_	—	—	—	1	1	.17		—	—	—	—	1	1	.06
	Less than 6/6_{Left Eye}					1	-	1	.17	1	-	1	.17	—	1	1	.25	2	1	3	.18
	Right Eye					1	-	1	.17	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	.5	1	2	3	.18
	Blind Left Eye					—	1	1	.17	2	1	3	.5		—	—	—	2	2	4	.26
	Squint					6	4	10	1.7	3	5	8	1.3	1	2	3	.75	10	11	21	1.4