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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 3—
| 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 | |||||||||
| Submaxillary | Cervical | ||||||||||||||||||
| Acton (Boys) | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | ... | 28 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| „ (Girls) | 32 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 31 | ... | 25 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | ... | 2 |
| Acton Wells (Boys) | 31 | 25 | 7 | 1 | ... | 29 | 5 | 30 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| ,, (Girls) | 39 | 33 | 5 | 1 | ... | 37 | 2 | 34 | 5 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Beaumont Park (Boys) | 70 | 50 | 15 | 5 | ... | 62 | 8 | 55 | 10 | 5 | ... | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | 7 | 6 | ... | 7 |
| ,, (Girls) | 61 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 7 | 48 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Central (Boys) | 99 | 90 | 9 | ... | 2 | 93 | 4 | 94 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | 12 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | ... | 9 |
| ,, (Girls) | 94 | 88 | 6 | ... | ... | 92 | 2 | 85 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 4 |
| East Acton (Boys) | 12 | 5 | 7 | ... | ... | 11 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 |
| ,, (Girls) | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | ... | 13 | 1 | 13 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... |
| Priory (Boys) | 89 | 53 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 77 | 11 | 61 | 21 | 4 | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 11 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| „ (Girls) | 88 | 63 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 82 | 3 | 65 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Rothschild Road (Boys) | 48 | 42 | 6 | ... | ... | 46 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 4 | 7 | ... | 4 |
| „ (Girls) | 46 | 41 | 5 | ... | ... | 45 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| South Acton (Boys) | 120 | 80 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 98 | 20 | 84 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ... | 5 | ... | 4 | 13 |
| „ (Girls) | 141 | 98 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 111 | 27 | 100 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Southfield Road (Boys) | 91 | 81 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 86 | 4 | 84 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | 13 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | ... | 5 |
| „ (Girls) | 104 | 93 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 102 | 1 | 95 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ... | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ... | 7 |
| Turnham Green R C (Boys) | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | ... | 18 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | l | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| ,, (Girls) | 14 | 7 | 7 | ... | ... | 12 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... |
| Totals | 1250 | 965 | 251 | 34 | 16 | 112 | 109 | 1013 | 166 | 71 | 77 | 14 | 83 | 16 | 13 | 96 | 54 | 21 | 76 |