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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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TABLE SHOWING HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS AT DIFFERENT AGES.
| LEAVER (BOYS) | No. Examined. | Years of Age. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12—13 | 13—14 | 14—15 | ||||||||
| No. | Height ins. | Weight lbs. | No. | Height ins. | Weight lbs. | NoT . | Height ins. | Weight lbs. | ||
| Acton Wells Senior | 53 | 50 | 58.2 | 80.6 | 3 | 60.3 | 86.1 | .... | .... | .... |
| Central | 56 | 56 | 57.9 | 81.5 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| John Perryn Snr. | 56 | 56 | 58.4 | 81.4 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Priory Boys' | 190 | 189 | 57 | 72.3 | 1 | 57 | 83 | .... | .... | .... |
| Southfi'd Sr. Boys' | 119 | 118 | 57.2 | 79.9 | 1 | 67.5 | 115.8 | .... | .... | .... |
| Turnham Gn. R.C. | 21 | 19 | 57.2 | 78.4 | 2 | 55 | 73.2 | .... | .... | .... |
| 495 | 488 | 7 | ||||||||
| (GIRLS) | ||||||||||
| Acton Wells Senior | 55 | 49 | 59.2 | 86.6 | 5 | 58.8 | 80 | 1 | 63.8 | 122 |
| B'm't Pk. Sn. Girls' | 118 | 117 | 58.7 | 78.8 | 1 | 66 | 115.3 | .... | .... | .... |
| Central | 55 | 55 | 59 | 87.7 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| John Perryn Snr. | 79 | 77 | 58.8 | 83.3 | 2 | 59.1 | 82.5 | .... | .... | .... |
| Priory Girls' | 193 | 192 | 57.7 | 80.3 | 1 | 56 | 70 | .... | ... | .... |
| Turnham Gn. R.C. | 11 | 11 | 59 | 88.6 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| 510 | 501 | 9 | 1 | |||||||
During the year, 2,754 children were examined in the various
age groups prescribed by the Board of Education.
Table 2 includes a return of defects found at medical
inspection. In Table 2b the number of individual children is given
who were found at routine medical inspection to require treatment,
excluding uncleanliness and dental defects.
A comparison of this table with that for the year 1931, will
show that the percentage of children found to require treatment
during 1932 is much lower than that for the previous year.
A cursory examination of the figures, and a comparison
with those of former years, would make it appear that changes
have occurred in the conditions which obtain among school
children. This is not quite correct. It is true that small variations