CONDITION OF GIRLS' HEADS

No. of Girls.Per Cent.
Clean7,00030
Nits present8,50035
Lice present8,50035

And these figures, we are told, exclude many children sent home because their heads had "broken out" through the presence of lice.

As to clothing, here are the figures:

CONDITION OF CLOTHING

No. of Children.Per Cent.
Good10,00022
Average19,00042
Bad or very bad16,00036

As for boots, the results are worth the consideration of British bootmakers. As many as 6,500 children had foot-gear so bad that in many cases "it was difficult to see how what were meant for boots managed to keep on the feet."

Condition as to nutrition was judged broadly, irrespective of cause. Dr Crowley divided the schools into three classes—better class schools, poor schools, poorest. I take the case of the poorest schools:

C. SCHOOLS—POOREST

Nutrition.Infants.Upper School.
No.Per Cent.No.Per Cent.
Good or sufficiently good5130.710524.4
Below normal5834.918342.6
Poor or very poor5734.414233.0