[Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Brighton County Borough.

  • Brighton (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1910
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Credit: [Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Brighton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following table shews the stature and weight of the Secondary School Girl compared with the average girl of similar age, and also with the High School Girl. Weight (kilograms). Height (centimetres). Age. High School* Girls. Secondary School. General Pop. High School Girls. Secondary School. General Pop. 10 ... 31.3 31.2 28.1 135.6 134.5 129.8 11 ... 36.0 32.8 30.9 141.5 142.2 134.8 12 ... 39.1 37.2 34.7 147.3 147.5 141.5 13 ... 43.0 40.8 39.5 151.3 152.8 146.8 14 ... 47.8 44.7 43.8 154.4 155.7 151.8 15 ... 50.5 48.6 47.6 158.9 159.4 154.8 16 ... 52.8 48.5 51.2 159.9 159.3 156.8 17 ... — 53.4 52.2 — 160.9 158.8 18 ... — 54.2 53.4 — 162.5 160.0 *North London Collegiate School. The stature and weight with one exception (weight at 16) is distinctly in advance of the stature and weight of the average girl (this is an average of all classes, both in town and country). The Secondary School Girl is approximately the same in height, or has a slight advantage over the High School Girl of similar age, but is distinctly less heavy at all ages compared. 2. VISION (total examined 329). In testing vision in those cases in which spectacles were worn, the visual [tower tvifh spectacles has been noted. This naturally increases the percentage of children with good vision and lessens the percentage with bad vision. The following were the results for the whole School (a comparison with the girls of Elementary Schools is given) :— Secondary School (1910). Elementary Schools (1909). Vision good or fair (1 or s) 92.1 per cent. 89.1 per cent. Vision moderate (G) 6.1 per cent. 4.1 per cent. Vision bad ( g) 1.8 per cent. 6.8 per cent. As far as actual visual power (with or without spectacles) is concerned, the Secondary School Girls are well in advance of the Elementary School Girls. The percentage of Secondary School Girls wearing spectacles is 19.1, much in advance of the 4.5 among Elementary School Girls, i.e., a much higher per- centage of Secondary Girls with defective vision obtain spectacles than in the case of Elementary Girls. In other words the correction of bad eyesight by spectacles is more frequent among Secondary Girls, hence the superiority in regard to vision is more apparent than real.