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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: INFANTILE MORTALITY. WARD DISTRIBUTION.

INFANTILE MORTALITY. WARD DISTRIBUTION.

North EastNorth WestSouth EastSouth WestTotal.
Measles11338
Whooping Cough...2136
Diarrhœa6333042
Enteritis54514
Premature Birth2421725
Congenital Defects1......12
Injury at Birth...1214
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation...1124
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus634922
Tuberculous Meningitis2...125
Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica.........55
Other Tuberculous Diseases.........11
Syphilis...1...12
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).........11
Convulsions12126
Bronchitis225615
Laryngitis.........33
Pneumonia114511
Suffocation Overlaying.........22
Other causes312410
Totals302629103183

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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
I. INSPECTION.

Table: Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Premises.lnspecttions.Written Notices.
Factories (including Factory Laundries)2510
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)107—
Workplaces (other than Outworker's premises included in Part 3 of this Report)——
Total13210

Table: 2. DEFECTS FOUND.

2. DEFECTS FOUND.

Particulars. Nuisances under Public Health Acts:—Found.Remedied
Want of cleanliness66
Want of ventilation55
Overcrowding--
Want of drainage of floors1010
Other Nuisances1010
Sanitary accommodationinsufficient1111
unsuitable or defective1717
not separate for sexes——
Total6060