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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Average attendance of children per session
| Number of children who attended for the first time during the year:— | 43 |
| 690 | |
| 252 | |
| Percentage of notified live births represented by number of children who attended a centre for the first time during the year | 81.46 |
| Children treated at Dental Clinic | 132 |
| Children treated at Ophthalmic Clinic | 7 |
| Mothers treated at Ophthalmic Clinic | 3 |
| Children operated on for enlarged tonsils and adenoids | 1 |
| Children operated on with X-Ray for Ringworm | — |
| Number of Expectant Mothers who attended | 275 |
| Number of attendances made by Expectant Mothers | 301 |
| Mothers referred for Dental treatment at the Clinic | 55 |
| Mothers supplied with Dentures | 18 |
| Expectant Mothers to whom Dried Milk was supplied | 23 |
| Number of packets of Dried Milk supplied | 193 |
Inquests —30
| Suicide | 8 | Knocked down by pedal cyclist | 1 |
| Knocked down by motor car | 3 | ||
| Accidentally drowned | 1 | ||
| Death at operation | 3 | Found drowned | 1 |
| Accidental fall | 2 | Accidentally striking his head against a brick wall | 1 |
| Heart Disease | 2 | ||
| Accidental Scalds | 2 | Uraemia | 1 |
| Senility accelerated by acident | 2 | Hernia | 1 |
| Acute Yellow Atrophy of Liver | 1 | ||
| Heart Disease accelerated by a fall | 1 | ||
| Coroner's Certificate after Post-Mortem without Inquest—27 | |||
| Heart Disease | 11 | Pneumonia | 2 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 3 | Hernia | 1 |
| Nephritis | 2 | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1 |
| Esophthalmic Goitre | 1 | Osteo-melitis | 1 |
| Puerperal Sepsis | 1 | Congenital Heart Disease | 1 |
| Cerebral Aneurysm | 1 | Cerebral Oedema | 1 |
| Distended Stomach | 1 | ||