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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Quiescent or arrested pulmonary tuberculosis (including pleura and intrathoracic glands):
| An Sanatoria or Sanatorium Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board | — | — | — |
| At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | — | — | — |
| At Certified Day Open Air Schools | — | — | — |
| At Public Elementary Schools | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| At other Institutions | 1 | — | 1 |
| At no School or Institution | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of the peripheral glands: | |||
| At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board | — | — | — |
| At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | — | — | — |
| At Certified Day Open Air Schools | — | — | — |
| At Public Elementary Schools | 2 | — | 2 |
| At other Institutions | — | — | — |
| At no School or Institution | — | — | — |
| Abdominal tuberculosis: | |||
| At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board | 1 | — | 1 |
| At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | — | — | — |
| At Certified Day Open Air Schools | — | — | — |
| At Public Elementary Schools | — | — | — |
| At other Institutions | — | — | — |
| At no School or Institution | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of bones and joints (not including deformities due to old tuberculosis): | |||
| At Sanatoria or Hospital Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| At Public Elementary Schools | — | — | — |
| At other Institutions | — | — | — |
| At no School or Institution | — | 1 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis or other organs (skin, etc.): | |||
| At Sanatoria or Hospital Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board | — | — | — |
| At Public Elementary Schools | — | — | — |
| At other Institutions | — | — | — |
| At no School or Institution | — | — | — |
| Delicate Children, i.e., all children (except those included in other groups) whose general health renders it desirable that they should be specially selected for admission to an Open Air School: | |||
| At Certified Residential Cripple Schools | — | — | — |
| At Certified Day Cripple Schools | — | — | — |
| At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | — | — | — |
| At Certified Day Open Air Schools | — | — | — |
| At Public Elementary Schools | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| At other Institutions | — | — | — |
| At no School or Institution | — | — | — |