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The respective figures in the ease of Higher Educational Institutions
were 17 Routines and one Special requiring treatment and
14 Routines and one Special in need of observation.
AVERAGE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT, 1933-1934.
HEIGHT.
1933
1934.
Age
Boys
Number
Examined
Average
Height
in inches.
Number
Examined
Average
Height
in inches.
5
1140
42.2
800
41.8
8
1971
48.0
1765
47.4
12
2223
55.8
1910
55.8
Girls
5
1008
42.4
797
41.6
8
1959
47.4
1862
48.3
12
2051
56.1
1918
56.5
WEIGHT.
Age
Number
Examined
Average
Weight
in lbs.
Number
Examined
Average
Weight
in lba.
Boys
5
1,140
40.6
800
40.2
8
1971
55.6
1765
57.4
12
2223
77.9
1910
78.1
Girls
5
1008
40.0
797
39.2
8
1959
54.0
1862
53.2
12
2051
80.2
1918
82.1
(b) UNCLEANLINESS.
1 he following figures give a brief resume of the work done
and the findings. These figures refer to examinations of children
by School Nurses.
Number
Examined
Ova
Ova and
Pediculi
Body
Pediculi
Head and Body
Pediculi
Sores
Dirty
75805
6207
1232
45
68
494
269
1 he percentages for head and body vermin are respectivelv
1.71 and .14.
Number of Home Visits 3842
Number of Children visited at School 7963
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