[Report 1939] / School Medical Officer of Health, St Helens.
- St. Helens (Merseyside, England). Council.
- Date:
- 1939
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1939] / School Medical Officer of Health, St Helens. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Classification of Nutrition of Children inspected up to 31st Augusts 1939, A. B. C. D. Number Inspected. (Excellent) (Normal) (Slightly sub-normal) (Bad) No. % No. % No. 0/ /o No. % Boys and Girls . 580 43 7.41 (5.44) 421 72.59 (83.06) 97 16.72 (10.56) 19 3.28 (0.94) Boys . .314 18 5.73 185 58.92 92 29.30 19 6.05 Girls . .266 25 9.40 236 88.72 5 1.88 — — The classification of the children examined with regard to their suitability for special employments is shown below. Once again the large number of rejections because of eye defect is out¬ standing. Boys Gil Is Number of Juveniles examined. 314 266 (1) Suitable for any type of employment . 195 169 (2) Unsuitable for employment involving : (a) Severe manual work. 68 28 (b) Sedentary work . — — * (c) Exposure to bad weather . 1 ] | (d) Work m a dusty atmosphere . 6 1 (e) Work in a damp atmosphere . 5 I (f) Work near moving machinery . 9 1 (g) Prolonged standing . 6 7 (h) Work causing eyestrain . 20 52 (i) Work requiring acute distant vision . 27 61 (j) Work requiring acute hearing . 2 3 (k) Work requiring manipulative skill. 1 2 It should be noted, however, that some of the boys and girls appear more than once in these classifications according to their unsuitability for one, two or more types of employment.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30127166_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
