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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 4 —
| LEAVERS (BOYS) | No. Examined | Clothing and Footgear | Cleanliness of Head | Cleanliness of Body | Nutrition | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Clean | Nits only | Pediculi present | Clean | Dirty | Pediculi present | Excellent | Normal | Below Normal | Bad | ||
| Acton | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| ActonWells | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 21 | |||||||
| Beaumont Park | 77 | 76 | 1 | 75 | 2 | 74 | 3 | 1 | 65 | 11 | 2 | ||
| Central | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 43 | 1 | |||||||
| Priory | 57 | 56 | 1 | 57 | 54 | 3 | 53 | 4 | |||||
| South Acton | 55 | 54 | 1 | 55 | 50 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 9 | 1 | |||
| Southfield Road | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 1 | 61 | 3 | ||||||
| Turnham Green R.C. | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 20 | ||||||
| Totals | 369 | 366 | 3 | 367 | 2 | 356 | 13 | 13 | 321 | 33 | 4 | ||
| GIRLS | |||||||||||||
| Acton | 21 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 19 | 1 | |||||
| ActonWells | 39 | 37 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 1 | |||
| Beaumont Park | 120 | 108 | 12 | 61 | 59 | 101 | 19 | 5 | 108 | 7 | |||
| Central | 63 | 63 | 58 | 5 | 63 | 3 | 57 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Priory | 46 | 44 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 43 | 3 | 45 | 1 | ||||
| South Acton | 77 | 63 | 14 | 46 | 31 | 71 | 6 | 3 | 68 | 6 | |||
| Southfield Road | 56 | 55 | 1 | 49 | 7 | 56 | 3 | 49 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Turnham Green R.C. | 22 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 444 | 412 | 32 | 304 | 140 | 414 | 29 | 1 | 19 | 399 | 23 | 3 | |