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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Acton 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Table 3.
Giving the number of children examined in each school together with the conditions found on examination.
| INFANTS. | No children examined. | Mai-Nutrition. | Clothing. | Want of Cleanliness. | Verminous | Carious Teeth. | Enlarged Tonsils. | Adenoids. | Enlarged Glands. | External Eye Disease. | Defective Vision. | Ear Disease. | Defective Hearing. | Heart Disease. | Lung Disease. | Rickets. | Spinal Disease. | Defective Speech, | Tuberculosis. | Other Diseases and Defects. | Infectious Disease. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Below Average | Head. | Body. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rothschild (Boys) | 77 | 1 | 74 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 2 |
| (Girls) | 66 | ... | 64 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 11 | ... | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 |
| East Acton (Boys) | 20 | ... | 19 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ||
| (Girls) | 27 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Priory (Boys) | 95 | 3 | 81 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 |
| „ (Girls) | 93 | 4 | 76 | 17 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 3 | I | 4 | 1 | ... | 8 | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... |
| Willesden (Boys) | 23 | 1 | 23 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ...... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| „ (Girls) | 27 | ... | 27 | .. | 1 | 3 | ... | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | .... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Beaumont Park (Boys) | 93 | 5 | 75 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 10 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 5 |
| „ (Girls) | 115 | 9 | 100 | 15 | 6 | 29 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 14 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 |
| Southfield Road (Boys) | 117 | ... | 113 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 5 | 13 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| „ (Girls) | 102 | 2 | 99 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... |
| South Acton (Boys) | 115 | 6 | 97 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 7 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 10 | 19 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 5 |
| „ (Girls) | 106 | 4 | 88 | 18 | 12 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ... | .... | ... | ... | 8 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 |
| Central (Boys) | 73 | 1 | 71 | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 4 | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... |
| ,, (Girls) | 65 | ... | 65 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 |
| Roman Catholic (Boys) | 18 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... | 4 | 3 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| „ (Girls) | 24 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 8 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | I | ... | 1 |
| Acton Infants (Boys) | 40 | 1 | 40 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
| (Girls) | 58 | ... | 56 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... |
| 1354 | 42 | 1225 | 129 | 78 | 176 | 103 | 215 | 174 | 46 | 74 | 37 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 89 | 93 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 35 | |