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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 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Table: MEDICAL INSPECTION RETURNS.TABLE I.A.- Routine Medical Inspections.

MEDICAL INSPECTION RETURNS.

TABLE I.

A.- Routine Medical Inspections.

Number of inspections in the prescribed groups:—
Entrants963
Second Age Group784
Third Age Group895
Total2,642
Number of other routine inspections—
Grand Total9,642
B.—Other Inspections.
Number of Special Inspections and Re-Inspections1,545

Table: TABLE II.Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the year in the Routine Age Groups.

TABLE II.

Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the year in the Routine Age Groups.

Age Groups.Number o Children InspectedA.B.C.D.
(Excellent)(Normal)(Slightly subnormal)(Bad)
No.%No.%No.%No.%
Entrants90322923.862264.611211.6_-
Second Age Group78417322.151065.110112.8--
Leavers89520823.262169.4657.311

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 Scheme2,684
Group II.—Treatment of Defective Vision and Squint.
Errors of refraction, including Squint. (Under the Authority's Scheme)380
Other defect or disease of the eyes, excluding those recorded in Group I.1
Total381
Numbers of children for whom spectacles were
(a) Prescribed243
(b) Obtained243