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Acton 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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37
Ante-Natal Visits.
Number of Mothers visited
200
Number of Visits paid to Mothers
545
TABLE IX.
INQUESTS.
(Including Non-Residents' Deaths in District).
Heart Disease
5
Suicide
11
Heat Stroke
3
Injury by Motor Vehicle
4
Dilated Heart
1
Accidental Fall
4
Diabetes
1
Found Drowned
2
Hæmorrhage into Kidney Cyst
1
Found Dead
1
Cerebral Hæmorrhage
1
Injury at Birth
1
Status Lymphaticus
1
Suffocation whilst asleep in
perambulator
1
Ruptured Aneurysm
1
Ruptured Vena Cava
1
Death under Anæsthetic
1
Gastric Ulcer
1
Fractured Femur
1
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
1
Fractured Skull
1
Collapse of Lung
1
Obstruction of Pylorus from
Swallowing Corrosive Poison
1
TABLE X.
BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY.
Positive
Negative
Total Examinations (973)
171
802
Sent by Medical Practitioners (239)
36
203
Sent from Isolation Hospital (228)
57
171
Contacts (199)
36
163
Of These Positive Contacts.
19 were positive on the first occasion only.
12 „ second „ „
5 „ third „ „
School Sore Throats.
Positive Negative
Cases Examined (264) 19 245
Four of the Positive sore throat cases had sufficient clinical
symptoms to warrant removal to Hospital.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
Premises
Number of
Inspections
Written
Notices
Prosecutions
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Factories
(including Factory Laundries)
97
34

Workshops
(including Workshop Laundries
403
65

Workplaces
(other than Outworkers' Premises)
38
13

Total
538
112
Nil