[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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If the Registrar General's method of estimating the population is adopted, the estimated population at the end of June in each year would have been as follows: —

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DEATHS.

Number 777.	Crude.	Corrected.

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The addresses outside the district where residents died together with the number of deaths were as follows:—

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The total number of cases notified from the School was 1496, distributed as follows:—

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The street distribution of the deaths was as follows:—

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The number received each month during the year was as 'ollows:—

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Between April 22nd and April 28th, 25 cases were notified the notifications being as follows:—

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COUNCIL LABORATORY. 607 examinations were made during the year, and the follow ing table gives a statement of the work done:—

Disease.	Nature of Specimen.	Result.
Disease.	Nature of Specimen.	Positive.	Negative.	Total

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HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTIONS, 1911. (wire made in following streets.)

Nature of Sanitary Defect.	Antrobus Road	Acton Lane (Basement Houses only)	Burlington Mews	Berrymede Road (Basement Houses only)	Beaconsfield Road	Bollo nriage Koad (East End)	Cheltenham Place (West Side)	Cunnington Street	Clovelly Road (South Side)	Chiswick Road	Friars Place Lane	Gloucester Road	Gladstone Road	Horn Lane	Junction Road	Ley the Road (North)	Meon Road	Nelson Place.

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HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTION, 1911— continutd.

Nature of Sanitary Defect.	N'emoure Road (North Side).	Old Oak Lane	Petersfield Road (East Side)	Priory Road (Basement Houses only)	Park Road North	Richards Cottages	Stanley Gardens	Steyne Road	Saville Road (Basement Houses only)	Silver Crescent (West Side)	South Parade (Sussex- Cottages) Shaftesbury Road (Tenement Houses)		Strafford Road	St. Margaret's Road	Thorneyhedge Road	Wolesley Terrace	Willesden Lane	TOTALS.

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TABLE 1. VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1911 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

Births.			Total Deaths Registered in the District.		Transferable Deaths.		Nett Deaths belonging to the District
Births.							Under 1 Year of Age.		At all Ages
Uncorrected Number.	Nett.
			Number.	Rate.	of Non - residents registered in the District.	of Residents not registered in the District.
							Number.	Kate per 1.000 Nett Births.	Number,	Rate.
	Number.	Rate.					Number.	Kate per 1.000 Nett Births.	Number,	Rate.

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TABLE 2. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1911.

Notifiable Disease		Cases notified in whole District.								Total cases notified in each ward.				Total cases removed to Hospital.
		At all Ages.	At Ages—Years.							North-East'	North.West	South-East	\| South-West
		At all Ages.	Under 1.	1 to 5.	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 45	45 to 65	65 & upwards	North-East'	North.West	South-East	\| South-West

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TABLE 3. CAUSES OF. AND AGES AT. DEATH DURING YEAR, 1911.

Causes of Deaths	Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents," whether occurring within or without the District.									Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or " Non-Resi-dents" in Institutions in the District.
Causes of Deaths	All Ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 2.	2 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	23 and under 45	45 and under 65	65 and upwards

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TABLE 4. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR, 1911. Deaths from stated causes in Week and Months under One Year of age.

Cause of Death.	Under 1 weekl	1-2 weeks.	2-3 weeks.	3-4 weeks.	Total under 1 month.	1-3 months.	3-6 moathS.	6-9 months.	9-12 months	Total Deaths under One Year.

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TABLE 5. CAUSES OF DEATH. Ward Distribution.

	North East	North West	South East	South West	Total

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TABLE 6. INFANTILE MORTALITY. Ward Distribution.

	North East	North West	South East	South West	Total

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PHTHISIS: SANITORIUM AND HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION.

Classes for which accommodation is Provided.	Do the San l tar Aulhority use— (1) their Isolation Hospital, or (2) their Small-pox Hospital, for cases of Phthisis ?	Do the Sanitary Authority reserve Beds in any Phthisis Sanitarium : If so, how many, and in what Sanatorium ?	Do the Sanitary Authority provide portable open-air Shelters or Tents ?

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Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Premises.		Inspections.		Written Notices.

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2.— Defects Foond.

		Found.	Remedied	Referred to H.M, Inspector.

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3.— Home Work. Outworkers' Lists, Sections 107, 108. 109 & 110.

Nature of Work.	Section 107.									Inspections of Outworkers' premises	Sec. 108		Sec. 109
	Twice Yearly			Once Yearly			Outworkers received from other Councils	Outw'k'rs forwarded to other Councils	Notices served on occupiers as to keeping or sending lists		Unwholesome Premises, instances	Unwholesome Premises, Notices served	Infected Premises Instances
	Lists	Outworkers, Contractors	Outworkers, Workmen	Lists	Outworkers' Contractors	Outworkers' Workmen	Outworkers received from other Councils	Outw'k'rs forwarded to other Councils	Notices served on occupiers as to keeping or sending lists		Unwholesome Premises, instances	Unwholesome Premises, Notices served	Infected Premises Instances

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4—Registered Workshops.

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5.—Other Matters.

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TABLE 1. PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITHIN THE DISTRICT, TOGETHER WITH ACCOMMODATION.

Name of School.		Accommodation.

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TABLE 2. Showing the number of children examined classified according to age and sex.

	No. examined.	years 12-13	years 13-14	years 14-15	years 15-16	years 16-17

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TABLE 2— continued.

	No. examined	Years of age.
	No. examined	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11-12

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TABLE 3. Giving the number of children examined in each school, together with the conditions found on examination.

SENIOR BOYS	No. Examined	Nutrition			Clothing		Cleanliness			Verminous		Teeth			Enlarged Tonsils	Adenoids	Enlarged Glands
SENIOR BOYS	No. Examined	A	B	C	Average	Below Average	A	B	C	Head	Body	In faulty Position.	Carious	Perfect.	Enlarged Tonsils	Adenoids	Submaxillary	Cervical

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TABLE 3 —continued

SENIOR BOYS (continued).	External Eye Disease	Defective Vision	Squint	Defective Hearing	Ear Disease	Defective Speech	Menial Condition	Heart Disease	Lung Disease	Tuberculosis	Rickets	Skin Disease	Anaemia	Polypus of Nose	Deformities,Spinal Disease, etc.	Other Diseases, and defects	Infectious or Contagious Diseases

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TABLE 3— continued.

INFANTS	No. examined	Nutrition				Clothing		Cleanliness			Verminous		Carious Teeth	Perfect Teeth	Teeth in faulty position	Enlarged Tonsils	Adenoids	Enlarged Glands.
		A	B	C	Over-Clothing	Average	Below Average	A	B	C	Head	Body						Enlarged Glands.
		A	B	C	Over-Clothing	Average	Below Average	A	B	C	Head	Body						Submaxillary	Cervical

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TABLE 3—continued

INFANTS (continued).	External Eye Disease	Defective Vision	Ear Disease	Defective Hearing	Defective Speech	Mental Condition	Heart Disease	Lung Disease	Tuberculosis	Rickets	Anaemia.	Skin Disease.	Deformities, Spinal Disease, &c.	Infectious or Contagious Disease	Other Diseases and Defects

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A detailed account of the cases seen is shown in the following table:—

	Cases.

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	Cases.

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TABLE 4. NUMBER OF CHILDREN REFERRED FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION. These were from the following schools:—

	Infants.	Girls.	Boys.	Junior.

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TABLE 5. AVERAGE HEIGHT, without shoes, and AVERAGE WEIGHT, without clothes, Anthopometric Committee, 1883.

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

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TABLE 6. GIVING HEIGHTS & WEIGHTS AT DIFFERENT AGES.

	No. examined	12-13		13-14		14-15		15-16		16-17
	No. examined	Height	Weight	Height	Weight	Height	Weight	Height	Weight	Height	Weight

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	No. examined	7-8		8-9		9-10
	No. examined	Height	Weight	Height	Weight	Height	Weight

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TABLE 6— continued.

	No. of Scholars exam'd.	Years of Age.
		3-4		4-5		5-6		6-7		7-8		8-9		9-10		10-11		11-12
		H.	W.	H.	W.	H.	W.	H.	W.	H.	W.	H.	W.	H.	W.	H.	W.	H.	W.

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It is interesting to note how closely the figures showing heights and weights from the Central and Southfield Road Schools correspond, and this might be expected, as the children attending these schools are derived from homes where conditions of housing, food supply and parental care are very similar.

Juuior Schools.	No. of children aged 8 examined.	Height in inches.	Weight in lbs.

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DISEASES FROM WHICH CHILDREN WERE SUFFERING.

SCHOOL.	Number of children treated.	Eye disease.	Blepharitis.	Ring-worm.	Impetigo.

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Visits Paid by School Nurse.

	N.-East.	N.-West.	S.-East.	S.-West.	Total.

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Visits Paid by School Nurse.

Diseases.	N.-East.	N.-West	S.-East.	S.-West.	Total.

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During the season, 240 scholars—167 boys and 73 girls—have earned the swimming certificate awarded by the Committee for children who this year have learned to swim, 40 yards in the case of boys and 20 yards in the case of girls.

School.	Classes per week.	No. of attendances made	No. of Scholars in School who can swim.	No. of Scholars who have learnt to swim this season,

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If the Registrar General's method of estimating the population is adopted, the estimated population at the end of June in each year would have been as follows: —

DEATHS.

The addresses outside the district where residents died together with the number of deaths were as follows:—

The total number of cases notified from the School was 1496, distributed as follows:—

The street distribution of the deaths was as follows:—

Continued from previous page...

The number received each month during the year was as 'ollows:—

Between April 22nd and April 28th, 25 cases were notified the notifications being as follows:—

COUNCIL LABORATORY. 607 examinations were made during the year, and the follow ing table gives a statement of the work done:—

HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTIONS, 1911. (wire made in following streets.)

HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTION, 1911— continutd.

TABLE 1. VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1911 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

TABLE 2. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1911.

TABLE 3. CAUSES OF. AND AGES AT. DEATH DURING YEAR, 1911.

TABLE 4. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR, 1911. Deaths from stated causes in Week and Months under One Year of age.

TABLE 5. CAUSES OF DEATH. Ward Distribution.

TABLE 6. INFANTILE MORTALITY. Ward Distribution.

PHTHISIS: SANITORIUM AND HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION.

Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

2.— Defects Foond.

3.— Home Work. Outworkers' Lists, Sections 107, 108. 109 &amp; 110.

4—Registered Workshops.

5.—Other Matters.

TABLE 1. PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITHIN THE DISTRICT, TOGETHER WITH ACCOMMODATION.

TABLE 2. Showing the number of children examined classified according to age and sex.

TABLE 2— continued.

TABLE 3. Giving the number of children examined in each school, together with the conditions found on examination.

TABLE 3 —continued

TABLE 3— continued.

TABLE 3—continued

A detailed account of the cases seen is shown in the following table:—

Continued from previous page...

TABLE 4. NUMBER OF CHILDREN REFERRED FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION. These were from the following schools:—

TABLE 5. AVERAGE HEIGHT, without shoes, and AVERAGE WEIGHT, without clothes, Anthopometric Committee, 1883.

TABLE 6. GIVING HEIGHTS &amp; WEIGHTS AT DIFFERENT AGES.

Continued from previous page...

TABLE 6— continued.

DISEASES FROM WHICH CHILDREN WERE SUFFERING.

Visits Paid by School Nurse.

Visits Paid by School Nurse.

During the season, 240 scholars—167 boys and 73 girls—have earned the swimming certificate awarded by the Committee for children who this year have learned to swim, 40 yards in the case of boys and 20 yards in the case of girls.

3.— Home Work. Outworkers' Lists, Sections 107, 108. 109 & 110.

TABLE 6. GIVING HEIGHTS & WEIGHTS AT DIFFERENT AGES.