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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 3—
| INFANTS. | No. of children examined | Mai-Nutrition | Clothing | Want of Cleanliness | Verminous | Carious Teeth | Enlarged Tonsils | Adenoids | Enlarged Glands | External Eye Disease | Defective Vision | Far Disease | Defective Hearing | Defective Speech | Mental Condition | Heart Disease | Lung Disease | Tuberculosis | Rickets | Deformities, Spinal Disease, &c. | Infectious or Contagtous Disease | Other Diseases and Defects | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Below Average | Head | Body | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Acton (Boys) | 39 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | |
| „ (Girls) | 31 | ... | 31 | ... | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Beaumont Park (Boys) | 97 | 3 | 91 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 8 | ... | 8 | 2 | ... | 1 |
| „ (Girls) | 92 | 7 | 82 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Central (Boys) | 74 | ... | 71 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... |
| „ (Girls) | 70 | 1 | 70 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 9 | 12 | 1 | 5 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 |
| East Acton (Boys* | 21 | ... | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 |
| ,, (Girls) | 11 | ... | 11 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Priory (Boys) | 83 | 3 | 76 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | ... | 4 | ... | 4 | 1 |
| (Girls) | 85 | 79 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Rothschild Road (Boys) .. | 69 | 3 | 67 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 3 |
| ,, (Girls) | 57 | ... | 56 | 1 | ... | 8 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| South Acton (Boys) | 110 | 5 | 91 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| „ (Girls) | 122 | 2 | 107 | 15 | 6 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 12 | ... | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Southfield Road (Boys) | 147 | 2 | 141 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 8 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 7 |
| ,, (Girls) | 131 | 1 | 126 | 5 | ... | 8 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 4 | 5 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Turnham Green R. C. (Boys) | 19 | ... | 15 | 4 | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 |
| ,, (Girls) | 21 | ... | 19 | ... | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ... | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Acton Wells (Hoys) | 16 | 1 | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ,, (Girls) | 25 | ... | 25 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 1320 | 32 | 1227 | 93 | 30 | 119 | 62 | 160 | 173 | 41 | 71 | 41 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 81 | 4 | 60 | 11 | 22 | 33 |