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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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The numbers on the registers at 31st December, 1948,
were as follows:—
Bollo Bridge Road 36
Horn Lane 62
Friars Place Lane 47
' Longcot' 47
The waiting list again shows an increase on the previous
year's figure. The following were the numbers on the
waiting list:—
Total
Bollo Bridge Road 133
Horn Lane 219
Friars Place Lane 153
' Longcot '■—Acton children 99
' Longcot'—Chiswick children 156
760
Diphtheria Immunisation.
Immunisation was carried out along the lines indicated
in previous reports. Advertisements were placed monthly in
the local paper giving times and places of inoculation clinics,
and posters were displayed in prominent places. In addition
to this, the following routine was practised:
(1) A notice was sent to the parent of each 6 months'
old child.
(2) All Infant Welfare attenders were approached.
(3) All children admitted to Day Nurseries were offered
protection.