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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE II.
Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in the Routine Age Groups.
| Age-groups. | Number of Children Inspected. | A. | B. | C. | D. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Excellent) | (Normal) | (Slightly subnormal) | (Bad) | |||||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |||
| Entrants | 387 | 71 | 21.1 | 225 | 66.7 | 40 | 11.9 | 1 | .3 | |
| Second age-group | 446 | 123 | 27.6 | 296 | 66.4 | 26 | 5.8 | 1 | .2 | |
| Third age-group | 389 | 114 | 29.3 | 241 | 61.9 | 33 | 8.5 | 1 | .3 | |
TABLE III.
Group I.—.Treatment of Minor Ailments (excluding uncleanliness).
Total number of Defects treated or under treatment during
the year under the Authority's Scheme 414
Group II.—Treatment of Defective Vision and Squint.
Under the Authority's
scheme.
Errors of Refraction (including squint) 208
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those
recorded in Group I) nil
Total 208
Number of Children for whom spectatles were
Prescribed 159
Obtained 159
Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
Received Operative Treatment 16
Received other forms of treatment 43
Total number treated 59