[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton] page 27

Acton 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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TABLE 3. Return showing the Physical Condition of Children inspected.

CONDITION.	Entrants.				Leavers				Intermediate Group.				total.				Special Cases.
CONDITION.	Boys	Girls	Total	Per Cent	Boys	Girls	Total	Per Cent	Boys	Girls	Total	Per Cent	Boys	Girls	Total.	Per Cent	Boys	Girls	Total
Total Inspected	588	597	1185		369	444	813		391	324	715		1348	1365	2713
Parents Present	308	313	621	52.4	62	105	167	20.5	161	137	298	41.7	531	555	1086	50.0
Clothing and Footgear
Satisfactory	559	549	1108	93.5	366	412	778	95.7	358	292	650	90.9	1283	1253	2536	93.5
Unsatisfactory	29	48	77	6.5	3	32	35	4.3	33	32	65	9.1	65	112	177	6.5
Cleanliness of Head.
Clean (no nits or pediculi)	561	437	998	84.2	367	304	671	82.5	352	232	584	81.7	1280	973	2253	83.0
Nits only	27	160	187	15.8	2	140	142	17.5	39	92	131	18.3	68	392	458	17.0
Pediculi		2	2	.2					1	1	2	.3	1	3	4	.1
Cleanliness of Body
Clean	561	563	1124	94.8	356	414	770	94.7	366	306	672	94.0	1283	1283	2566	94.6
Dirty	27	34	61	5.1	13	29	42	5.2	25	18	43	6.0	65	81	146	5.4
Pediculi present		1	1	.1		1	1	.1						2	2	.1
Nutrition.
Excellent	45	27	72	6.1	13	19	32	3.9	20	11	31	4.3	78	57	135	5.0
Normal	518	531	1049	88.5	321	399	720	88.6	343	286	629	88.0	1182	1216	2398	88.4
Below Normal	21	28	49	4.1	33	23	56	6.9	24	23	47	6.6	78	74	152	5.6
Bad	4	11	15	1.3	2	3	5	.6	4	4	8	1.1	10	18	28	1.0
Nose and Throat.
No Defect	499	532	1031	87.0	301	400	701	86.2	334	296	630	88.1	1134	1228	2362	87.1
Mouth Breathers	59	29	88	7.4	5	16	21	2.6	43	14	57	8.0	107	59	166	6.1
Tonsils: slightly enlarged	33	28	61	5.1	32	21	53	6.5	16	4	20	2.8	81	53	1	4.9
Tonsils: muchenlarged	14	15	29	2.4	30	10	40	4.9	9	7	16	2.2	53	32	85	3.2
Adenoids : slight	17	7	24	2.0	16	2	18	1.5	8	5	13	1.6	41	14	55	2.0
Adenoids : marked	21	14	35	2.1	20	15	35	3.0	8	6	14	2.0	49	35	84	3.1
Glands.
Submaxillary	21	21	42	3.5	3	7	10	1.2	9	2	11	1.5	33	30	63	2.3
Cervical	165	178	343	28.9	17	49	66	8.1	84	59	143	20.0	266	286	552	20.3
Thyroid						6	6	.7						6	6	.2