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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 1936
[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:- | |
| 594 | |
| 209 | |
| Percentage of notified live births represented by number of children who attended a centre for the first time during the year | 72% |
| Children treated at Dental Clinic | 135 |
| Children treated at Ophthalmic Clinic | 10 |
| Mothers treated at Ophthalmic Clinic | - |
| Children operated on for enlarged tonsils and adenoids | 2 |
| Children operated on with X-Ray for Ringworm | - |
| Number of Expectant Mothers who attended | 249 |
| Number of attendances made by Expectant Mothers | 283 |
| Mothers referred for Dental treatment at the Clinic | 90 |
| Mothers supplied with Dentures | 34 |
| Expectant Mothers to whom Dried Milk was supplied free | 72 |
| Number of packets of Dried Milk supplied free | 1186 |
| Inquests30. | |||
| Struck by motor car | 10 | Collision on railway | 1 |
| Suicide | 10 | Knocked down by train | 1 |
| Accidental fall | 1 | Accidental burns | 1 |
| Struck by motor cycle | 1 | Post traumatic epilepsy | 1 |
| Fall from motor cycle | 1 | Septicaemia after teeth extraction | 1 |
| Injuries by laundry machinery | 1 | ||
| Fall from train | |||
| Coroner's Certificate after Post Mortem without an Inquest-31. | |||
| Heart Disease | 16 | Pulmonary Congestion | 2 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 4 | Phthisis | 1 |
| Convulsions | 3 | Cancer | 1 |
| Nephritis | 2 | Inattention at birth | 1 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | |||