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GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.
Type. Number. Nationality of Pupils. Average Attendance.
British 5 European 353 Anglo-Chinese 11 Chinese 3,424 Indian 1 Indian 119 Total 3,896The non-government schools receiving grants in aid number 11 of which 6 cater for Chinese only and 5 for Chinese and others. The pupils number altogether 4639.
The premises of all Government and Grant in Aid Schools were inspected and attention drawn to defects. Various improvements in sanitation were made during the year chiefly in the direction of lighting, ventilation and air space.
Inspection of the entrant group with re-inspection, repeated if necessary, for those found defective, has again formed the bulk of the year's work.
1926 1927 1928 1929 Schools inspected 16 18 17 15 Entrants examined 1104 1189 1111 1153 Defects found 407 426 1616 499 Percentage of Defects in British Schools 41.0 37.5 37.08 Percentage of Defects in Anglo-Chinese Schools 38.8 39.1 44.41Among the 1,153 "entrants examined 499 defects were found. The principal defects noted were:-Vision 18.1%, other eye troubles 1.2%, heart disease 2.3%, tonsils and adenoids 8.9%, suspected tuberculosis 3.6%, serious dental cases 2.5%, deformity 1.0%, skin diseases 1.0%.
Re-inspection of Children found to be Defective:- Re-inspected. Improved. Percentage. British 1928 176 59 33.00% 1929 172 95 55.23% Anglo-Chinese 1928 1440 769 53.00% 1929 1227 673 45.84%