Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Year | Popula tion estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births | Total Deaths Registered in the District | Transferable Deaths | Nett Deaths belonging to the District | |||||||
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Under 1 Year of Age | At all Ages | |||||||||||
Uncorrected Number | Nett | |||||||||||
Number | Rate | of Non-residents registered in the District | of Residents not registered in the District | |||||||||
Number | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births | Number | Rate | |||||||||
Number | Rate |
Causes of Death | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents," whether occurring within or without the District | Total Deaths whether of "Residents' ' or " Non-Residents" in Institutions in the District | |||||||||
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All Ages | Under 1 year | 1 and u nder 2 | 2 and under 5 j | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards |
Causes of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total un der 4 wks. | 1-3 months | 3 -6 months | 6- 9 months 9-12mnths | Total deaths un | der 1 year. |
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North East | North West | South East | South West | Un-traced | Total |
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INFANTILE MORTALITY. | Ward Distribution. | ||||
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Causes of Deaths | North East | North West | South East | South West | Total |
Ward | Number | Rate per 1,000 inhabitants. |
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NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT. | |||||
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Notified by | |||||
Live Births | Still Births | Doctors | Midwives | Nurses | Parents |
ISOLATION HOSPITAL. | |||||
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Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Measles | Septic Throat | Cerebrospinal Meningitis |
DIPHTHERIA SWABS EXAMINED. | ||
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Negative | Positive |
Nature of Sanitary Defect. | Bollo Bridge Road | Cowper Road | Mill Hill Road | Packington Road | Rothschild Road | St. Margaret's T errace | Stanley Road | Temple Road |
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Name of School. | Accommodation. |
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CONDITION. | Entrants. | Leavers | Intermediate Group. | total. | Special Cases. | ||||||||||||||
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Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent | Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent | Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent | Boys | Girls | Total. | Per Cent | Boys | Girls | Total |
CONDITION. | Entrants. | leavers | Intermediate Group | total. | Special Cases. | ||||||||||||||
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Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent | Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent | Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent. | Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent. | Boys | Girls | Total |
condition. | Entrants. | Leavers. | Intermediate Group. | TOTAL. | Special Cases. | ||||||||||||||
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Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent. | Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent. | Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent. | Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent. | Boys | Girls | Total |
CONDITION. | Entrants | Reavers | Intermediate Group | TOTAL | Special Cases | ||||||||||||||
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Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent | Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent. | Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent. | Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent. | Boys | Girls | Totals |
ENTRANTS (BOYS) | No. Examined | Clothing and Foot Gear | Cleanliness of Head | Cleanliness of Body | Nutrition | ||||||||
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Satisfactory | Unsatis-factory | Clean | Nits only | Pediculi | Clean | Dirty | Pediculi present | Excellent | Normal | Below Normal | Bad |
ENTRANTS (BOYS) | Nose and Throat | Glands | External Eye Disease | |||||||||||
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No Defect | Mouth Breathers | Tonsils si. enlarged | Tonsils much enlarged | Adenoids slight | Adenoids marked | Submaxillary | Cervical | Thyroid | No Disease | Blepharitis | Conjunctivitis | Corneal Opacities | Other Diseases |
ENTRANTS (BOYS) | Ear Disease | Teeth | Heart | ||||||||||||
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No Disease | Obstruction Right | Obstruction Left | Otorrhoea Right | Otorrhoea Left | Other Diseases | Sound | Less than 4 decayed | Four or more decayed | Sepsis | No Disease | Organic Disease | Functional Disease | Anæmic | Other Diseases |
ENTRANTS (BOYS) | Lungs | Nervous System | Skin | ||||||||||||
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No Disease | Chronic Bronchitis or Bronchial Catarrh | Tuberculosis | Tuberculosis suspected | Other Diseases | No Disease | Epilepsy Major or Minor | Chorea | Other Disease | No Disease | Ringworm of Body | Ringworm of Head | Impetigo | Scabies | Other Diseases |
ENTRANTS (BOYS) | Rickets | Deformities | Tuberculosis | Speech | Mental Condition | |||||||||
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No Dr'sease | Slight | Marked | No Deformity | Deformity present | No Disease | Glandular | Bones and joints | Not Defective | Defective Articulation | Stammering | Normal | Dull or Backward | Mentally Defectives (all grades) |
ENTRANTS (BOYS) | Vision | ||||||||||||||
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6/6 each eye | R 6/6 | L 6/6 | R 6/9 | L 6/9 | R 6/12 | L 6/12 | R 6/18 | L 6/18 | R 6/24 | L 6/24 | R 6/36 | L 6/36 | R 6/60 | L 6 /60 |
ENTRANTS (BOYS) | Vision cont. | Hearing | Other Disease or Defect | |||||||
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R 0/6 | L 0/6 | Squint | Normal | Sl. Deaf R | Sl. Deaf L | Deaf R | Deaf L | Not present | Present |
LEAVERS (BOYS) | No. Examined | Clothing and Footgear | Cleanliness of Head | Cleanliness of Body | Nutrition | ||||||||
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Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Clean | Nits only | Pediculi present | Clean | Dirty | Pediculi present | Excellent | Normal | Below Normal | Bad |
(BOYS) | Nose and Throat | Glands | External Eye Disease | ||||||||||||
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No Defect | Mouth Breathers | Tonsils sl. enlarged | Tonsils much enlarged | Adenoids slight | Adenoids marked | Other Diseases | Submaxillary | Cervical | Thyroid | No Disease | Blepharitis | Conjunctivitis | Corneal Opacities | Other Diseases |
LEAVERS (BOYS) | Ear Disease | Teeth | Heart | ||||||||||||
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No Disease | Obstruction right | Obstruction ieft | Otorrhœa right | Otorrhœa left | Other Diseases | Sound | Less than four Carions | Four or more Carions | Sepsis | No Disease | Organic Disease | Functional Disease | Anaemia | Other Disease |
LEAVERS (BOYS) | Lungs | Nervous System | Skin | ||||||||||||
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No Disease | Chronic Bronchitis and Broncbial Catarrh | Tuberculosis | Tuberculosis suspected | Other Disease | No Disease | Epilepsy, Major or Minor | Chorea | Other Disease | No Disease | Ring Worm Body | Ring Worm Head | Impetigo | Scabies | Other Disease |
LEAVERS (BOYS) | Rickets | Deformities | Tuberculosis | Speech | Mental Condition | |||||||||
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No Disease | Slight | Marked | No Deformity | Deformity present | No Disease | Glandular | Bones and Joints | No Defective | Defective Articulation | Stammering | Normal | Dull or backward | Mentally Defective (all grades) |
LEAVERS (BOYS) | Vision | ||||||||||||||
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6/6 each eye | R 6/6 | L 6/6 | R 6/9 | L 6/9 | R 6 ./12 | L 6/12 | R 6/18 | L 6/18 | R 6/24 | L 6/24 | R 6/36 | L 6/36 | R 6/60 | L 6/60 |
LEAVERS (BOYS) | Vision cont. | Hearing | Other Disease or Defect | |||||||
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R 0/60 | L 0/60 | | Squint | Normal | SI. Deaf R | Si. Deaf L. | Deaf R | Deaf L. | Not Present | Present |
JUNIOR SCHOOLS. BOYS. | No. examined | Clothing and Footgear | Cleanliness of Head | Cleanliness of Body | Nutrition | ||||||||
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Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Clean | Nits only | Pediculi present | Clean | Dirty | Pediculi present | Excellent | Normal | Below Normal | Bad |
JUNIOR SCHOOLS BOYS | Nose and Throat | Glands | External Eye Disease | ||||||||||||
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No Defect | Mouth Breathers | Tonsils sl. enlarged | Tonsils much enlarged | Adenoids slight | Adenoids marked | Other Diseases | Submaxiliary | Cervical | Thyroid | No Diseases | Blepharitis | Conjunctivitis Corneal Opacities | Other Disease |
JUNIOR SCHOOLS BOYS | Ear Disease. | Teeth | Heart | ||||||||||||
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No Disease | Obstruction Right | Obstruction Left | Otorrhoea Right | Otorrhoea Left | Other Disease | Sound | Less than 4 carions | Four or more cario s | Sepsis | No disease | Organic Disease | Functional Disease | Anaemia | Other Disease |
JUNIOR. BOYS. | Lungs | Nervous System | Skin | ||||||||||||
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No Disease | Chronic Bron chitis Bron-| chial Catarrh | Tuberculosis | Tuberculosis suspected | Other Disease | No Disease | Epilepsy, Major or Mino | Chorea | Other Disease | No Disease | Ringworm Body | Ringworm Head | Impetigo | Scabies | Other Disease |
JUNIOR BOYS. | Rickets | Deformities | Tuberculosis | Speech | Mental Condition. | |||||||||
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No Disease | Slight | Marked | No Deformity | Deformity present | No Disease | Glandular | Bones and Joints | No Defective | Defective Articulation | Stammering | Normal | Dull or back ward | Mentally de-fective (all rades) |
JUNIOR (BOYS) | Vision. | ||||||||||||||
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6/6 each eye | R 6/6 | L 6/6 | R 6/9 | L 6/9 | R 6/12 | L 6/12 | R 6/18 | L 6/18 | R 6/24 | L 6/24 | R 6/36 | L 6/36 | R 6/60 | L 6/60 |
JUNIOR (BOYS) | Vision—contd. | Hearing | Other Disease or Defect | |||||||
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R 0/60 | L 0/60 | Squint | Normal | Slightly Deaf R. | Slightly Deaf L. | Deaf R. | Deaf L. | Not present | Present |
TABLE 4—continued. INTERMEDIATE GROUP (BOYS) | No. examined | Clothing and Footgear | Cleanliness o | Head | Cleanliness of Body | Nutrition | |||||||
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Satisfactory | Unsatis-factory | Clean | Nits only | Pediculi | Clean | Dirty | Pediculi present | Excellent | Normal | Below Normal | Bad |
TABLE 4—continued. INTERMEDIATE GROUP (BOYS) | Nose and Throat. | Glands | External Eye Disease | ||||||||||||
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No Defect | Mouth Breathers | Tonsils sl. enlarged | Tonsils much enlarged | Adenoids slight | Adeno'ds marked | Other [Diseases | Submaxillary | Cervical | Thyroid | No Disease | Blephantis | Conjunctivitis | Corneal Opacities | Other Diseases |
TABLE 4— continued. INTERMEDIAYE GROUP (BOYS) | Ear Disease | Teeth | Heart | |||||||||||
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No Disease | Obstruction R. | ObstructionL.. | Otorhoea R. | Otorrhoea L. | Other Diseases | Sound | Less than 4 decayed | Four or more decayed. | Sepsis | No Diseases | Organic Disease | Functional Disease | Anaemia |
TABLE 4—continued. INTERMEDIATE GROUP (BOYS). | Lungs | Nervous System | Skin | ||||||||||||
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No Disease | ChronicBron-chitis& Bronchial Catarrh | Tuberculosis | Tuberculosis suspected | Other Disease | No Disease | Epilepsy, major or minor | Chorea | Other Disease | No Disease | Ringworm of Body | Ringworm of Head | Impetigo | Scabies | Other Disease |
TABLE 4—continued. Intermediate GROUP (BOYS). | Rickets | Deformities | Tuberculosis | Speech | Mental Condition | |||||||||
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No Disease | Slight | Marked | No Deformity | Deformity present. | No Disease | Glandular | Bones and Joints | Not de fective | Defective Articulation. | Stammering. | Normal | Dull or backward. | Mentally Defectives (all grades) |
TABLE 4—continued INTERMEDIATE GROUP (BOYS). | Vision. | ||||||||||||||
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6/6 each eye | R 6/6 | L 6/6 | R e/9 | L 6/9 | R 6/12 | L 6/12 | R 6/18 | L 6/18 | R 6/24 | L 6/24 | R 6/36 | L 6/36 | R 6/60 | L 6/60 |
TABLE 4—continued. INTERMEDIATE GROUP (BOYS). | Vision—cont. | Hearing. | Other Disease or Defect | |||||||
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R 0/60 | L 0/60 | Squint | Normal | Sl. Deaf R. | 1. Deaf L. | Deaf R. | Deaf L. | Not present | Present |
Males | Females. | |||
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Age last birthday. | Height in inches. | Weight in lbs. | Height in inches. | Weight in lbs. |
ENTRANTS. BOYS. | No. examined | Years of Age | |||||||||||||
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3-4 | 4-5 | 5-6 | 6-7 | 7-8 | 8-9 | 9-10 | |||||||||
Height | Weight | Height | Weight | Height | Weight | Height | Weight | Height | Weight | Height | Weight | Height | Weight |
LEAVERS (BOYS) | No. examined. | Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||
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6-7 | 7-8 | 8-9 | 9-10 | 10-11 | 11-12 | 12-13 | 13-14 | 14-15 | |||||||||||
Height | Weight | Height | Weight | Height | | Weight | Height | Weight | Height | Weight | Height | Weight | Height | Weight | Height | Weight | Height | Weight |
INTERMEDIATE | No. examined. | Years of Age. | |||||||||
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6-7 | 7-8 | 8-9 | 9-10 | 10-11 | |||||||
Height | Weight | Height | Weight | Height | Weight | Height | Weight | Height | Weight |
INTERMEDIATE GROUP GIRLS | No .examined. | Years of Age. | |||||||||
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6-7 | 7-8 | 8-9 | 9-10 | 10-11 | |||||||
Height | Weight | Height | Weight | Height | Weight | Height | Weight | Height | Weight |
No. of defects found for which treatment was considered necessary. | No of Defects for which no report is available | No. of Defects treated | Results of Treatment | No. of Defects not treated | Obser vatior only. | |||||||
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From previous year. | New | Total | Remedied | Improved | Unchanged | Notified during last quarter dm for Report in 1916. | Percentage of defects treated |
Schools. | N.-East | N.-West | S.-East | S.-West | Total |
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Diseases. | N.-East | N.-West | S.-East | S.-West | Total |
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Boys | Girls | Total | Boys with nits | Girls with nits | Total | Minor Ailments. | Revisits. |
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Boys. | Girls. | Total. |
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SCHOOLS. | Chickenpox | Diphtheria | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | ||||||||||||||||
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Boys | Girls | Infants Boys & Girls | Total | Boys | Girls | Infants Boys & Girls | Total | Boys | Girls | Infants Boys & Girls | Total | Boys | Girls | Infants Boys & Girls | Total | Boys | Girls | Infants Boys & Girls | Total | Total |
School | No. of classes per week | No. of attendances. | No. of scholars in Department who can swim | No. who have learned to swim this season |
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