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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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| Number of children who attended for the first time during the year:- | |
| (a) under 1 year of age | 689 |
| 202 | |
| percentage of notified live births represented by number of children who attended a centre for the first time during the year | 81,15 |
| Children treated at Dental Clinic | 142 |
| Children treated at Ophthalmic Clinic | 7 |
| Mothers treated at Ophthalmic Clinic | 3 |
| Children operated on for enlarged tonsils and adenoids | 2 |
| Cliildren operated on with X-Ray for Ringworm | - |
| Number of Expectant Mothers who attended | 335 |
| Number of attendances made by Expectant Mothers | 373 |
| Mothers referred for Dental treatment at the Clinic | 85 |
| Mothers supplied with Dentures | 19 |
| Expectant Mothers to whom Dried Milk was supplied | 24 |
| Number of packets of Dried Milk supplied | 196 |
| Inquests — 38 | |||
| Killed by a Motor Vehicle | 11 | Fall downstairs | 1 |
| Suicide | 9 | Accidental fall | 1 |
| Death under anaesthetic | 5 | Accidental drowning | 1 |
| Senility accelerated by ac | Found drowned_ | 1 | |
| cident | 2 | Fall from roof | |
| Fall out of window | 1 | Fall from pedal cycle | 1 |
| Fall when drunk | 1 | Dog-bite | 1 |
| Alcoholic poisoning | 1 | Pneumonia | 1 |
Coroxer's Certificate after Tost Mortem without ax Inquest—28.
| Heart Disease | 11 | Want of attention at birth | 1 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 5 | Influenza | 1 |
| Atheroma | 3 | Cancer | 1 |
| N'ephritis | 3 | Bronchitis | 1 |
| Acute Pancreatitis | 1 | Septic Meningitis | 1 |