AGES ===================================================================== Grade | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Totals ------+---+---+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+------- 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | 23 2 | | | 7 |12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | | 2 | | | | 34 3 | | | 1 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | | | 51 4 | | | | 3 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 58 5 | | | | | | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | | 44 6 | | | | | | | 7 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 4 | | 37 7 | | | | | | | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 8 | | | | | | | | | 5 | 7 | 3 | | 15 ------+---+---+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+------- Totals| 1 | 8 | 13| 24| 27| 50 | 34 | 40 | 45 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 287 ===================================================================== Adopting the same method for determining retardation as in the case of the New York figures, we find that of these 287 street-working school children of Toledo, 55 per cent are backward, 43 per cent are normal and 2 per cent are ahead of their grades. Or, selecting the children ten to thirteen years of age, as was done with the New York figures, we have the following results:-- ========================================================= AGES | BACKWARD | NORMAL | AHEAD | TOTAL -----------+-------------+----------+----------+--------- 10 | 25 | 25 | | 50 11 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 34 12 | 28 | 12 | | 40 13 | 34 | 11 | | 45 Totals | 103 | 65 | 1 | 169 -----------+-------------+----------+----------+--------- Percentages| 61% | 38% | 1% | 100% ========================================================= These percentages show that conditions in Toledo are only slightly better than in New York City. This is surprising because of the great difference in the working conditions of the two cities, the metropolitan street children being subjected to far greater nervous strain because of the more congested population and heavier street traffic. RETARDED CHILDREN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS (TOLEDO), 1910-1911 _Grades_