London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
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]
This page requires JavaScript
92
The consideration of these cases shows the great necessity
for early diagnosis of phthisis in patients who are selected for
sanatorial treatment. The results obtained in the case of
school children compare favourably with those in patients of
older years, where medical advice is often not sought until the
disease is so far advanced that a complete cure is impossible,
thus bringing sanatoria into unmerited discredit.
TABLE 4.
NUMBER OF CHILDREN REFERRED FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION—446.
These were from the following Schools:—
| Infants. | Girls | Boys. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acton | 15 | 4 | 2 |
| Beaumont Park | 42 | 38 | 4 |
| Central | 31 | 5 | — |
| East Acton | 15 | — | — |
| Priory | 39 | 12 | 15 |
| Rothschild Road | 28 | — | — |
| South Acton | 44 | 16 | 8 |
| Southfield Road | 69 | 24 | 4 |
| Turnham Green (R.C.) | 11 | 7 | 3 |
| Acton Wells | 8 | 2 | — |
| 302 | 108 | 36 |