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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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| No. | Date. | No. examd. | Very few Nits. | Few Nits. | Many Nits. | Vermin. | Total Unclean. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||
| 1. | July | 92 | 1.08 | - | - | - | 1.08 |
| Sept. | 114 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2. | July | 104 | 1.9 | - | - | .9 | 2.8 |
| Sept. | 104 | - | .9 | .9 | — | 1.9 | |
| 3. | July | 176 | - | .56 | - | — | .56 |
| Sept. | 154 | - | 1.3 | — | — | 1.3 | |
| 4. | July | 182 | .54 | 2.2 | — | — | 2.7 |
| Sept. | 189 | .52 | .52 | — | — | 1.05 | |
| 5. | July | 179 | .55 | 4.4 | — | .55 | 5.5 |
| Sept. | 138 | 2.1 | 2.1 | — | .72 | 5.07 | |
| 6. | July | 107 | 4.6 | 2.8 | — | — | 7.4 |
| Sept. | 143 | 6.2 | 2.09 | .69 | .69 | 8.8 | |
| 7. | July | 197 | 6.09 | 5.5 | — | 1.01 | 12.6 |
| Sept. | 208 | 7.6 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 13.9 | |
| 8 | July | 190 | 7.3 | 2.1 | — | 1.05 | 10.5 |
| Sept. | 151 | 1.9 | .6 | — | — | 2.6 | |
| 9. | July | 369 | 2.1 | 1.3 | — | 1.08 | 4.6 |
| Sept. | 309 | .3 | - | — | .3 | .6 | |
| 10. | July | 332 | 6.9 | .9 | — | .9 | 8.7 |
| Sept. | 347 | 10.3 | 1.7 | - | .8 | 12.9 | |
| 11. | July | 290 | 11.3 | 2.7 | - | 2. | 16.2 |
| Sept. | 231 | 9.5 | 2.5 | - | .4 | 12.5 | |
| 12. | July | 131 | - | .76 | — | — | .76 |
| Sept. | 118 | 1.6 | .8 | — | — | 2.5 | |
| 13. | July | 119 | .83 | .83 | — | — | 1.6 |
| Sept. | 109 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 14. | July | 155 | 4.5 | 3.2 | — | .6 | 8.3 |
| Sept. | 115 | 4.3 | .86 | .86 | — | 6.08 | |
| 15. | July | 141 | 4.9 | 1.4 | — | — | 6.3 |
| Sept. | 220 | 2.2 | 1.3 | — | — | 3.6 | |
| 16. | July | 283 | 3.1 | 3.1 | - | .7 | 7.06 |
| Sept. | 284 | 1.4 | - | .7 | — | 2.1 | |
| 17. | July | 86 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sept. | 72 | 2.7 | - | — | — | 2.7 | |
| 18. | July | 94 | 2.1 | - | — | — | 2.1 |
| Sept. | 75 | 4. | 2.6 | — | 1.3 | 8. | |
| 19. | July | 141 | .7 | — | — | — | .7 |
| Sept. | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 20. | July | 132 | 2.2 | — | — | — | 2.2 |
| Sept. | 116 | 1.7 | — | — | 1.7 | 3.4 | |
| 21. | July | 240 | 2.5 | .4 | — | — | 2.9 |
| Sept. | 142 | 2.1 | .7 | — | .7 | 3.5 | |
| 22. | July | 241 | 2.07 | .41 | — | 1.2 | 3.7 |
| Sept. | 285 | - | .3 | — | — | .3 | |
| 23. | July | 250 | 6. | — | — | 1.2 | 7.2 |
| Sept. | 237 | 3.7 | 1.6 | — | .8 | 6.3 | |
| 24. | July | 285 | 3.1 | .35 | - | 2.4 | 5.9 |
| Sept. | 281 | .35 | — | — | .35 | .71 | |
| 25. | July | 197 | .5 | - | — | — | .5 |
| Sept. | 198 | .5 | — | — | — | .5 |