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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 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Table: TABLE 6.INFANTILE MORTALITY.Ward Distribution.

TABLE 6.

INFANTILE MORTALITY.

Ward Distribution.

North EastNorth WestSouth EastSouth WestTotal
Whooping Cough3...249
Diarrhoea1331118
Enteritis.........55
Gastritis......112
Prematurity27101231
Congenital Defects1...427
Injury at Birth......112
Want of Breast-Milk, Starvation...2...46
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus3...11317
Tuberculous Meningitis1......12
Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica1......12
Other Tuberculous Diseases.........22
Syphilis1.........1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)......112
Convulsions...2226
Bronchitis521715
Laryngitis1......12
Pneumonia144716
Suffocation (overlaying) .........112
Other Causes...1214
Totals20213377151

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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.

Table: 1. — I nspection of F actories, W orkshops and W orkplaces Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

1. — I nspection of F actories, W orkshops and W orkplaces Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Premises.Inspections.Written Notices
Factories (including Factory Laundries)16152
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)264186
Workplaces (Other than outworkers premises included in Part 3 of this Report)184
(Prosecutions—Nil).Total443242

Table: 2.—D efects F odnd.

2.—D efects F odnd.

Found.RemediedReferred to H.M. Inspector.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :—
Want of cleanliness4646—
Want of ventilation2525—
Overcrowding11—
Want of drainage of floors1212—
Other nuisances308308—
Sanitary accommodationsinsufficient18181
unsuitable or defective.99991
not separate for sexes22—
(Prosecutions—Nil),Total5115112