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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 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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1922
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Table: TABLE 8.INFANT WELFARE CENTRES, 1922.

TABLE 8.

INFANT WELFARE CENTRES, 1922.

Priory SchoolsPalmerston Mission
Health Visitors' Attendances10299
Number of Children who attended693694
Number of Attendances by Children5,0314,989
Children under 1 year of age305401
Children over 1 year of age388293
Age of Children who commenced Attendance in 1922.
\Priory OfficesPalmerston Mission
Under 3 months206172
Between 3 and 6 months6157
„ 6 and 9 months2325
„ 9 and 12 months159
„ 1 and 2 years1822
„ 2 and 3 years1033
„ 3 and 4 years319
„ 4 and 5 years19
Of the above Children
31 had attended for the first time in1917
50 „ „1918
96 „ „1919
195 „ „1920
357 „ „1921
661 „ „1922
ANTE-NATAL CLINIC.
Number of times the Clinic was held22
Number of Expectant Mothers who attended71
Number of attendances made by Expectant Mothers129
Number of Cases admitted to Acton Hospital4
Ante-Natal Visits.
Number of Mothers visited199
Number of Visits paid to Mothers502

Table: TABLE 9.INQUESTS HELD WITH CAUSE OF DEATH.

TABLE 9.

INQUESTS HELD WITH CAUSE OF DEATH.

Heart Disease9Knocked down by Motor Vehicle8
Pneumonia2
Miliary Tuberculosis1Motor Accident1
Hernia1Suicide6
Intestinal Obstruction1Accidental Fall1
Syncope1Overlaying1
Cancer1Accidentally Drowned1
Marasmus1Found Drowned1
Cerebral Abscess1Blood Poisoning after Cut Finger1
Nephritis1
Pleurisy1Tetanus1
Status Lymphaticus1Burns1
Bronchitis1
Puerperal Fever1