Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 3.
CONDITION | Entrants | Leavers | Intermediate Group | TOTAL | Special Cases | ||||||||||||||
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Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent. | Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent. | Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent | Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent | Boys | Girls | Total | |
Teeth. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sound | 317 | 372 | 689 | 48 | 189 | 123 | 312 | 46.8 | 506 | 495 | 1001 | 47.4 | |||||||
Less than 4 decayed | '219 | 200 | 419 | 29 | 95 | 158 | 253 | 37.9 | 314 | 358 | 672 | 31.9 | |||||||
Four or more decayed | 160 | 174 | 334 | 23 | 51 | 51 | 102 | 15.3 | 211 | 225 | 436 | 20.7 | |||||||
Sepsis | |||||||||||||||||||
Heart. | |||||||||||||||||||
No disease | 656 | 724 | 1380 | 95 | 328 | 308 | 636 | 95.4 | 984 | 1032 | 2016 | 95.6 | |||||||
Organic disease | 9 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 1.1 | |||||||
Functional disease | 13 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2.7 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 2. | |||||||
Anaemia | 18 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .6 | 19 | 9 | 28 | 1.3 | |||||||
Other defect | |||||||||||||||||||
Lungs. | |||||||||||||||||||
No disease | 663 | 728 | 1391 | 96.4 | 329 | 329 | 658 | 98.7 | 992 | 1057 | 2049 | 97.2 | |||||||
Chronic Bronchitis and Bronchial Catarrh | 28 | 16 | 44 | 3.1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .3 | 29 | 17 | 46 | 2.2 | |||||||
Tuberculosis | 1 | 1 | .1 | 1 | 1 | .1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .1 | |||||||||
Tuberculosis suspected | 4 | 1 | 5 | .3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .6 | 7 | 2 | 9 | .4 | |||||||
Other disease | 1 | 1 | .1 | 1 | 1 | o | .3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .1 | ||||||||
Nervous System. | |||||||||||||||||||
No disease | 691 | 743 | 1434 | 99.5 | 333 | 332 | 665 | 99.7 | 1021 | 1075 | 2099 | 99.5 | |||||||
Epilepsy (major or minor) | 2 | 2 | .1 | o | 2 | .1 | |||||||||||||
Chorea | 2 | 2 | .1 | 2 | 2 | .1 | |||||||||||||
Other disease | 3 | 1 | 4 | .3 | 2 | 2 | .3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | .3 |