[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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TABLE 1. INFANT WELFARE CENTRES, 1939.

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TABLE 2. ANTE-NATAL CLINIC.

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TABLE 5. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1939.

Notifiable Disease.	Cases notified in whole District. At Ages—Years.								Ward Distribution.
Notifiable Disease.	At all Ages	Under 1	1 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 45	45 to 65	Over 65	North East	North West	South East	South West

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ISOLATION HOSPITAL REPORT FOR 1939.

Patients admitted 1938—633.					Patients admitted 1939—333.

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The following Table gives the age incidence of new cases of tuberculosis in 1939 and of the deaths from the disease in the area in 1939.

	New Cases.				Deaths.
Age Periods.	Respiratory		Non-Respiratory		Respiratory		Non-Respiratory
Age Periods.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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The following is a statement of the particulars appearing in the Register of cases of Tuberculosis on 31st December, 1939:-

	Pulmonary.	Non-Pulmonary.	Total.

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CARCASES INSPECTED AND CONDEMNED.

	Cattle, excluding* Cows	Cows	Calves	Sheep & Lambs	Pigs

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NUMBER OF PIGS' CARCASES INSPECTED FROM 1st JANUARY TO 31st DECEMBER, 1939 WITH ANALYSIS OF SURRENDERS ON ACCOUNT OF DISEASE.

1939	No. of Carcases Inspected.	No. of Heads Diseased.	No. of Carcases Diseased.	No. of Sides Diseased.	No. of Fore Quarters Diseased.	No. of Hind Quarters Diseased.	No. of Legs Diseased.	Weight of Ribs Diseased.	Plucks (Lungs, Livers and Hearts).	Mesenteries, Stomachs and Intestines	Pieces of Pork.

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INQUESTS.

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POST-MORTEM WITHOUT INQUEST.

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TABLE 3. AGES AT DEATH, AND WARD DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS IN 1939.

Causes of Death.	Age in Years.									Ward Distribution.
	Total	Under 1 year	1 and under 2	2 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 45	45 and under 65	65 and upwards	North East	North West	South East	South West

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BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.

(a) For Diphtheria.	Positive.	Negative.

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A nthropometric C ommittee , 1929.

Age last birthday.	MALES.		FEMALES.
Age last birthday.	Height in inches.	Weight in lbs.	Height in inches.	Weight in lbs.

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TABLE SHOWING HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS AT DIFFERENT AGES.

LEAVERS (BOYS)	No. Examined.	Years of Age.
		12—13			13—14			14—15
		No.	Height ins.	Weight lbs.	No.	Height ins.	Weight lbs.	No.	Height ins.	Weight lbs.

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TABLE SHOWING HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS AT DIFFERENT AGES.

INTERMEDIATES. (BOYS).	No. Examined.	Years of Age.
		7—8			8—9			9—10
		No.	Height ins.	Weight lbs.	No.	Height ins.	Weight lbs.	No.	Height ins.	Weight lbs.

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TABLE SHOWING HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS AT DIFFERENT AGES.

ENTRANTS (BOYS).	No. Examined.	Years of Age.
		3—4			4—5			5—6			6-7
		No.	Height ins.	Weight lbs.	No.	Height ins.	Weight lbs.	No.	Height ins.	Weight lbs.	No.	Height ins.	Weight lbs.

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The cases were distributed as follows:—

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Diphtheria Immunisation, 1939.

School.	Primary Schick test.		Inoculations with A.P.T.			Re-inoculation alter	Schick test after 3 years.
School.	Pos.	Neg.	fist.	2nd.	3rd.	3 years.	Pos.	Neg.

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A Table has been drawn up, as under to show what the position is as far as information is available.

Defect.	In Hospital.	Residential Special or Open Air School.	Ord. School.	Evacuated.	At home.

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TABLE SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF ALL CHILDREN EMPLOYED DURING THE PERIOD 1st JANUARY, 1939 to 31st DECEMBER, 1939.

School.	Acton Wells	Central	County	John Perryn	Priory	Roman Catholic	South field	Technical	Others	Special	Total

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TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN ATTENDING ACTON SCHOOLS EMPLOYED IN THE VARIOUS REGISTERED OCCUPATIONS ON 31st DECEMBER, 1939.

SCHOOL.	Delivering Newspapers	Delivering Milk	Delivering Goods or Parcels	Totals
	Boys.	Boys.	Boys.

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MEDICAL INSPECTION RETURNS. TABLE I. A.—Routine Medical Inspections.

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Classification of the N utrition of C hildren I nspected during the Year in the R outine Age Groups up to 31st A ugust , 1939.

Age-groups	Number of Children Inspected	A (Excellent)		B (Normal)		C (Slightly subnormal)		D (Bad)
Age-groups	Number of Children Inspected	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%

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TABLE III. BLIND CHILDREN.

Name	Age	Address	At a Public Element'y School	At another Institut'n	At no School or Institut'n

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Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table VI.)

Disease or Defect (1)	Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year
Disease or Defect (1)	Under the Authority's Scheme (2)	Otherwise (3)	Total (4)

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(group II.— D efective V ision and S quint (excluding Minor Eye Defec ts treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).

Defect or Disease. (1)	No. of defects deah with.
Defect or Disease. (1)	Under the Authority's Scheme (2)	Otherwise (3)	Total (4)

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Group III.— Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. Number of Defects.

Received Operative Treatmem												Received other forms of Treatment	Total Number Treated
Under the Authority's scheme, in Clinic or Hospital				By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme				Total				Received other forms of Treatment	Total Number Treated
(1)				(2)				(3)				(4)	(5)
1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4

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Group IV.— Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.

	Under the Authority's Scheme. (1)			Otherwise. (2)			Total-number treated
	Residential treatment with education	Residential treatment without education	Non-Residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic	Residential treatment with education	Residential treatment without education	Non-Residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic
	(i)	(ii)	(iii)	(i)	(ii)	(iii)

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Acton 1939

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TABLE 1. INFANT WELFARE CENTRES, 1939.

TABLE 2. ANTE-NATAL CLINIC.

TABLE 5. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1939.

ISOLATION HOSPITAL REPORT FOR 1939.

The following Table gives the age incidence of new cases of tuberculosis in 1939 and of the deaths from the disease in the area in 1939.

The following is a statement of the particulars appearing in the Register of cases of Tuberculosis on 31st December, 1939:-

CARCASES INSPECTED AND CONDEMNED.

NUMBER OF PIGS' CARCASES INSPECTED FROM 1st JANUARY TO 31st DECEMBER, 1939 WITH ANALYSIS OF SURRENDERS ON ACCOUNT OF DISEASE.

INQUESTS.

POST-MORTEM WITHOUT INQUEST.

TABLE 3. AGES AT DEATH, AND WARD DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS IN 1939.

BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.

A nthropometric C ommittee , 1929.

TABLE SHOWING HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS AT DIFFERENT AGES.

TABLE SHOWING HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS AT DIFFERENT AGES.

TABLE SHOWING HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS AT DIFFERENT AGES.

The cases were distributed as follows:—

Diphtheria Immunisation, 1939.

A Table has been drawn up, as under to show what the position is as far as information is available.

TABLE SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF ALL CHILDREN EMPLOYED DURING THE PERIOD 1st JANUARY, 1939 to 31st DECEMBER, 1939.

TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN ATTENDING ACTON SCHOOLS EMPLOYED IN THE VARIOUS REGISTERED OCCUPATIONS ON 31st DECEMBER, 1939.

MEDICAL INSPECTION RETURNS. TABLE I. A.—Routine Medical Inspections.

Classification of the N utrition of C hildren I nspected during the Year in the R outine Age Groups up to 31st A ugust , 1939.

TABLE III. BLIND CHILDREN.

Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table VI.)

(group II.— D efective V ision and S quint (excluding Minor Eye Defec ts treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).

Group III.— Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. Number of Defects.

Group IV.— Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.

Table V.— Dental Inspection and Treatment.

Table VI.— Unc lean lin ess and Verminous Conditions.