Word: perring
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...records of unclassified students show similar per cents. The examination this year was made on a somewhat different basis from that in 1916, which prevents comparison of the figures concerning bodily mechanics...
...Per Cent. Unable to Swim...
...found that 11.3 per cent. of the Freshmen and 10.2 per cent. of the Unclassified students could not swim; 1.3 per cent. of the Freshmen and 2.6 per cent of the Unclassified were color-blind; 22.6 per cent of the Freshmen and 68.9 per cent. of the Unclassified students had been vaccinated against typhoid; 4.5 per cent of the Freshmen and 1.1 per cent. of the Unclassified men had not been vaccinated against smallpox. Of the 191 Freshmen who wore glasses, 87 used them for reading, eight used them for distance, and 96 used them constantly...
...regarded as well educated as to the importance of the care of the teeth. Furthermore, only rarely did we find a Freshman who had sufficiently gross uncorrected defects of the eye so that he needed the immediate attention of the oculist. In 1914 we found that 41 per cent of the Freshmen wore glasses, either constantly, for distance, or for near work. This fall we found that 37.2 per cent of the Freshmen wore glasses. In other words, the enlightened part of the public who send their boys to Harvard College may be considered as appreciating fully the dangers...
...percentage of Freshmen who were not vaccinated against smallpox has run fairly evenly at 5 per cent throughout these five years. As might be expected, the number who had been vaccinated against typhoid fever had greatly increased. In 1914, the number was less than 1 per cent. In 1919, it was 22.6 per cent. This, of course, can be attributed to the interest in anti-typhoid innoculation induced...