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The programme was carried out according to plan and I
give below in detail the factories and schools visited and the
number of persons examined at each:
Jan.
29th Crescent Road School (Juniors) 14 boys 13 girls
30th St. Augustine School (Juniors) 9 boys 18 girls
30th Hainault Ante-natal Clinic 14 females
31st Heron Engineering Co., Ltd. 26 males 31 females
31st Pieardy Central School (Senior) 30 boys) 20 girls
Feb.
2nd West Street School (Juniors) 20 boys 20 girls
2nd Admiralty Machinery Depot 3 males 6 females
5th Salford Engineering Co., Ltd. 2 males 62 females
5th North. Heath Central School 26 boys 23 girls
6th Fraser & Chalmers Ltd. 70 males
7th Burndept Ltd. 15 males 114 females
8th Viokers-Armstrongs Ltd. 32 males 5 females
(West Street)
,, ,, (Main) 32 males 3 females
9th Sovex Ltd. 28 males 9 females
9th Callender & Co. (Cable
Construction) Ltd. 36 males 21 females
In all 702 persons were examined, 343 males and 359
females.
The clinical findings are set out in the table attached and
the percentages for all persons of corresponding group examined
elsewhere up to the end of 1944 are noted for comparison.
Comment.
A. School Children.
Ninety-nine boys and ninety-four girls in all were examined
from the junior sections of three and the senior "sections of two
elementary schools. Ages ranged from 8—14 years. A midday
meal and milk are provided at all these schools.
The nutritional status of the boys was satisfactory on the
whole but more than usual were found to be below normal
87.9 per cent. were assessed good, 10.1 per cent. fair and 2
per cent. poor as compared with 90 per cent. good, 9.6 per
cent. fair and 0.4 per cent. poor of boys examined elsewhere.
There was no evidence of deficiency disease, nor of any vitamin
deficiency, and those graded below par appeared to be suffering
from a suboptimal intake or utilisation of body building
foodstuffs in that their general physical development was
below average for their age.