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Acton 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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There is no change from last year in the following:-
Fever Hospital.
Laboratory facilities.
Small-pox hospitals.
Tuberculosis.
School Clinic.
Day Nursery.
Child Welfare Clinics.
Ante-natal Clinics.
Treatment Centres for Venereal Diseases.
The following local acts, special local orders, general adoptive acts and byelaws relating to Public Health are in force in the district.
| Adopted. | |
|---|---|
| Infectious Diseases (Notification) Act, 1889 | 1889 |
| Public Health (Amendment) Act, 1890 | 1890 |
| Infectious Diseases Prevention Act, 1890 | 1899 |
| Notification of Births Act, 1907 | 1907 |
| Public Health Act, 1907 (Clause 50) (Part VI) | 1921 |
| Public Health Act, 1925 (Parts 2, 3, 4 and 5) | 1926 |
| The Acton Improvement Act, 1904 | — |
| Nuisances, &c. | 1924 |
| New Streets and Buildings | 1925 |
| Smoke Abatement | 1930 |
| Houses let in Lodgings | 1934 |
| Employment of Children | 1935 |
| Wireless Loudspeakers, Gramophones, &c. | 1935 |
| Fouling of Footpaths by Dogs | 1937 |
| Hairdressers' and Barbers' Shops | 1937 |
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
Infantile Mortality.
51 deaths occurred in infants under 1 year of age corresponding
to an infantile mortality of 57 per 1,000 births. The infantile
mortality is 11 per 1,000 births lower than that of 1936, and slightly
lower than that of 1935, but it is higher than that of 1934, which
was the lowest one on record for the district.