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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

West Ham 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: Table XXIX.Higher education and central schools. Frequency of defects, 1937.

Table XXIX.

Higher education and central schools. Frequency of defects, 1937.

Type of school and nameFrequency of all defects
BoysGirlsPersons
No. examined.No. defective.Per cent. defective.No. examined.No. defective.Per cent. defective.No. examined.No. defective.Per cent. defective.
Technical
institutions :
Municipal College1942914.91603421.33546317.8
Secondary schools :
West Ham Secondary School3546819.22685319.862212119.5
Plaistow Secondary School3287623.22209241.854816830.7
High schools :
St. Angela's———1653118.81653118.8
West Ham High School tor Girls———1843820.71843820.7
Continuation :
Lister Institute5559.11192722.71743218.4
93117819.1111627524.62047145322.1
Central Schools :
The Grove: Entrants521223.140717.5921920.7
Leavers40820.029724.1691521.7
The Russell: Entrants521426.945715.6972121.6
Leavers38410.54237.18078.8
1823820.91562415.4338*6218.3

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* The total of these two entries differs from the total number of higher school
children inspected, as set out in Table I. of the Appendix, as a result of the
exclusion of certain individual children who had special examinations.