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The Urban district Council of Acton.
To the Chairman and Members
of the Education Committer
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Report this year is as short as possible, and consists
chiefly of tables of statistics. The usual routine work has been
carried out, and the inspection of children reaching the age of
eight years has been undertaken as well.
A summary of Table 3 shows that out of every hundred children
examined at the routine inspection :
17 have nits in the head.
6 are undernourished.
6 are badly clothed.
6 are dirty in clothing or person.
13 are mouthbreathers, of whom 6 require operation.
70 have bad teeth.
1 has definite heart disease.
2 have definite lung disease.
9 have sight bad enough to require treatment.
2 squint.
4 are deaf.
We have frequently been asked what the effect of the war is
on the nutrition and condition of the children.
Comparing the figures with last year, the number of under"
nourished children has fallen from 13 to 6, the number of badly
clothed children has fallen from 10 to 6, but the number of children
who are dirty or who have nits is unchanged. This bears out
the general impression given by the Schools—that the children
are on the whole rather better fed and clothed, but no cleaner.