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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—
| JUNIOR BOYS. | Rickets | Deformities | Tuberculosis | Speech | Mental Condition. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
| Central | 42 | 42 | 42 | 40 | 2 | 32 | 10 | |||||||
| Rothschild | 65 | 64 | 1 | 65 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 12 | |||||
| South Acton | 82 | 1 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 55 | 28 | |||||||
| Southfield Road | 61 | 1 | 62 | 62 | 61 | 1 | 48 | 14 | ||||||
| Totals | 250 | 1 | 1 | 251 | 1 | 252 | 247 | 1 | 4 | 188 | 64 | |||
| GIRLS Central | 26 | 24 | 2 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 3 | |||||||
| Rothschild | 69 | 68 | 1 | 69 | 68 | 1 | 56 | 13 | ||||||
| Southfield Road | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 37 | 9 | ||||||||
| Totals | 141 | 138 | 3 | 141 | 140 | 116 | 25 | |||||||
49
Mental Condition.
Mentally defective
(all
trades)
Dull or backward
10
12
28
14
64
3
13
9
25
Normal
32
53
55
48
188
23
56
37
116
Speech
Stammering
2
1
1
4
Defective
Articulation
1
1
1
No Defective
40
63
61
247
26
68
46
140
Tuberculosis
Bones and
Joints
Glandular
No Disease
49
65
83
62
252
26
69
46
141
Deformities
Deformity
present
1
1
2
1
3
No Deformity
42
64
83
62
251
94
68
46
138
Rickets
Marked
1
1
Slight
1
1
No Disease
42
65
82
61
250
26
69
46
141
JUNIOR
BOYS.
Central
Rothschild
South Acton
Southfield Road
Totals
GIRLS
Central
Rothschild
Southfield Road
Totals