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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE IX.
INFANT WELFARE CENTRES, 1925.
| Health Visitors' Attendances | 200 |
| Number of Children who attended | 1,539 |
| Number of Attendances by Children | 11,231 |
| Number of Children under 1 year of age | 629 |
| Number of Children over 1 year of age | 910 |
| Children who attended the Clinic for the first time | 640 |
| Children Treated at Dental Clinic | 73 |
| Children Treated at Ophthalmic Clinic | 9 |
| Children Treated for Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 11 |
| ANTE-NATAL CLINIC. | |
| Number of Attendances by Dr. Bell | 25 |
| Number of Expectant Mothers who attended | 82 |
| Number of Attendances made by Expectant Mothers | 137 |
| Number of Cases admitted to Acton Hospital | 3 |
| Mothers referred for Dental Treatment at Clinic | 35 |
| Mothers supplied with Dentures | 7 |
| Midwives Fees paid | 5 |
| Expectant Mothers to whom Dried Milk was supplied | 43 |
| Number of Packets of Dried Milk supplied | 444 |
TABLE X.
INQUESTS—44.
| Heart Disease | 8 | Run over by Motor Vehicle | 7 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | ||
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 2 | Suicide | 7 |
| Bronchitis | 2 | Want of Attention at Birth | 4 |
| Arterio-Sclerosis | 1 | ||
| Ruptured Aneurism | 1 | Accidental Fall | 1 |
| Pancreatic Abscess | 1 | Found Drowned | 1 |
| Too decomposed to Ascertain Cause | 1 | Septicaemia after Abortion | 1 |
| Premature Birth | 1 | Accidental Burns | 1 |
| Accidental Scalds | 1 | ||
| Accidentally Suffocated | |||
| 1 | |||
| Taking Lysol | 1 |