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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 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Table: MEDICAL INSPECTION RETURNS

MEDICAL INSPECTION RETURNS

TABLE I A-Routine Medical Inspections.
Somber of inspections in the prescribed groups :—
Entrants514
Second Age Group352
Third Age Group321
Total1,187
Number of other routine inspections—
Grand Total1,187
B__Other Inspections.
Number of Special Inspections and Re-Inspections1,044

Table: TABLE II.

TABLE II.

Age Groups.N umber of Children Inspected.A.B.C.D.
(Excellent)(Normal)(Slightly subnormal)(Bad)
No.%No,o/ ToNo.%No.%
Entrants51417133.2629056.435210.121.19
Second Age Group35210529.8219755.974913.931.28
Leavers3218024.9222269.16195.92––

Table: TABLE III.

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 Scheme966
Group II—Treatment of Defective Vision and Squint.
Errors of Refraction, including Squint. (Under the Authority's Scheme)263
Other defects or disease of the eyes, excluding those recorded in Group I.—
263
Number of children for whom spectacles were
(a) Prescribed "172
(b) Obtained172