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9c6e3711-301c-4044-9bc5-2a7bf11cffbf | 9-12 months Total Deaths under One Year. Small-pox . . . . . . . . . . Chicken-pox . . . . . . . . . Measles . . . . . . . 2 10 12 Scarlet Fever . . . . . . . . . . Diphtheria and Croup . . . . . . . . . . Whooping Cough . . . . . . 3 1 2 6 Diarrhoea . . . 1 . 7 20 17 10 55 Enteritis . . . 2 2 2 5 3 1 13 Tuberculous Meningits . . . . . . . 1 . 1 Abdominal T uberculosis . . . . . 1 1 . . 2 Other Tuberculous Diseases . . . . . 1 1 1 1 4 Congenital Malformations 2 1 . . |
82383e16-0640-492a-9149-911aec81a376 | 3 1 1 . . 5 Premature Birth 22 3 5 3 33 4 . . . 37 Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus 4 2 . 2 8 7 5 1 2 23 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . Injury at birth 3 . . . 3 . . . . 3 Erysipelas . . . . . . . . . . Syphilis . . . . . . . . . . Rickets . . . . . . . . . . Meningitis (not Tuberculous) . . . . . . 1 1 . 2 Convulsions . 1 . . 1 . 1 1 . 3 Gastritis . . . . . . . . . . Laryngitis . . . . . . . . . . Bronchitis . 1 . . |
1cf4d025-5593-48ef-92b5-a47f04c3998d | 1 1 5 3 2 12 Pneumonia (all forms) . . . . 1 2 1 4 6 14 Suffocation, overlying 1 . . . 1 1 1 1 . 4 Other causes . . . 1 1 1 3 3 1 9 32 8 5 10 55 2S 48 39 35 205 Nett Births in the year legitimate, 1486 illegitimate, 43 Nett Deaths in the year of legitimate infants, 777 illegitimate infants, 23 67 TABLE 5. CAUSES OF DEATH. Ward Distribution. North East North West South East South West Total Enteric Fever . . . 4 4 Measles 2 4 6 32 44 Scarlet Fever . |
2d5b5b84-9fb4-4842-b8ad-985ba565a501 | 1 2 3 6 Whooping Cough 1 1 8 6 16 Dipthfiria and Croup 5 . 2 2 9 Influenza 2 2 . 1 5 Erysipelas . 1 . 1 2 Phthisis 11 11 7 22 51 Tuberculous Meningitis 1 1 . 4 6 Other Tuberculous Diseases 1 . 2 4 7 Rheumatic Fever 2 1 2 . 5 Cancer 14 16 10 12 52 Bronchitis 13 14 11 20 58 Broncho-Pneumonia 2 2 5 13 22 Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs 1 1 1 3 6 Diarrhoea and Enteritis 15 12 21 50 98 Appendicitis and Typhilitis . 2 3 . 5 Alcoholism . . . |
4282b94d-24b6-4560-9581-c6f809fe1e4b | . . Cirrhosis of Liver 1 3 1 3 8 Nephritis and Bright's Disease 3 1 4 7 15 Puerperal Fever . . . . . Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition . . 1 2 3 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Births 10 7 17 28 62 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicides 6 3 10 3 22 Suicides 2 1 3 Other Defined Diseases 52 62 51 71 236 Diseases Ill-defined or Uuknown . . . 1 1 Pneumonia 5 3 4 19 31 Totals 147 150 168 312 777 68 TABLE 6. INFANTILE MORTALITY. Ward Distribution. |
2a28f9dc-80e9-4ec2-8fce-ce960edbb190 | North East North West South East South West Total Measles 1 1 1 9 12 Whooping Cough ... 1 3 2 6 Diarrhoea 9 6 10 30 55 Enteritis 4 4 2 3 13 Tuberculous Meningitis ... ... ... 1 1 Abd. |
3929382d-758a-4792-88c4-67e4ccf38809 | Meningitis ... ... ... 2 2 Other Tuberculous Diseases ... ... 2 2 4 Congenital Malformations 1 2 ... 2 5 Prematurity 5 5 10 17 37 Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus 3 2 8 10 23 Atelectasis ... ... ... ... ... Injury at Birth ... ... 1 2 3 Meningitis 1 ... ... 1 2 Convulsions 1 1 1 3 Gastritis ... ... ... ... ... Bronchitis 2 ... 2 8 12 Pneumonia 2 2 1 9 14 Overlying 1 ... 3 ... 4 Other Causes 2 1 4 2 9 Totals 32 25 47 101 205 PHTHISIS: SANITORIUM AND HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION. Classes for which accommodation is Provided. |
7763b632-8a27-46e9-a86d-32bf298c2acb | Do the San l tar Aulhority use— (1) their Isolation Hospital, or (2) their Small-pox Hospital, for cases of Phthisis ? Do the Sanitary Authority reserve Beds in any Phthisis Sanitarium : If so, how many, and in what Sanatorium ? Do the Sanitary Authority provide portable open-air Shelters or Tents ? Early cases No The Council mantains two beds at the Northwood Sanatorium No Have the Council or any Private Body, provided a Dispensary NO If so, give particulars 69 FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK. 1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances. Premises. Inspections. Written Notices. |
870f7325-fd54-403b-9d38-aa3abd95dbff | Factories (including Factory Laundries) 48 28 Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) 525 321 Workplaces (Other than outworkers premises included in Part 3 of this Report) 19 3 (Prosecutions—Nil). Total 592 352 2.—Defects Foond. Found. Remedied Referred to H.M, Inspector. Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :— Want of cleanliness 47 47 — Want of ventilation — — — Overcrowding 2 2 — Want of drainage of floors 13 13 — Other nuisances 147 147 — Sanitary accommodations insufficient 3 3 — unsuitable or defective 29 29 — not separate for sexes 1 1 — (Prosecutions—Nil) Total 242 242 — 3.— Home Work. Outworkers' Lists, Sections 107, 108. 109 & 110. Nature of Work. Section 107. |
0699a579-b012-400d-8d84-017f4f398af8 | Inspections of Outworkers' premises Sec. 108 Sec. 109 Twice Yearly Once Yearly Outworkers received j from other Councils Outw'k'rs forwarded to other Councils Notices served on occupiers as to keeping or sending lists Unwholesome 1 Premises, instances | Unwholesome Premises, Notices served Infected Premises Instances Lists Outworkers, Contractors Outworkers, Workmen , Lists | Outworkers, Contractors Outworkers' Workmen Wearing Apparel— (i) making. &c. |
205d0ad4-c01f-4a2c-aaec-922482f5c186 | 20 ... 73 5 ... 6 78 ... ... 73 3 3 ... (2) cleaning and washing 32 18 ... 20 15 28 ... ... 39 55 8 8 8 Lace, lace curtains and nets 9 ... 2 ... ... ... 2 ... ... 2 ... ... ... Brush making 2 ... 5 1 ... 1 ... ... ... 6 ... ... ... Stuffed toys 2 ... 94 ... ... ... ... 22 ... 83 ... ... 5 Total 58 18 201 26 15 35 80 22 39 219 11 11 13 70 4—Registered Workshops. Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year— Laundries 210 Dressmaking 25 Millinery « Tailoring 7 Bakehouses 29 Others 54 Total number of workshops on Register 333 5.—Other Matters. |
42eadfbb-8670-4ae4-a5b9-bd23bb0a7422 | Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories— Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) 5 Action taken in matters referred by H,M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 5) Notified by H.M. Inspector 12 Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M.Inspector 12 Underground Bakehouses (s. 101) — In use at the end of the year 8 Your obedient servant, D. J. THOMAS. 71 SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT IN DISTRICT IN PURSUANCE OF INSPECTIONS MADE AND NOTICES SERVED. &c. No. |
5f26261e-c732-44d6-8f00-0853e83742e6 | of Visits paid to Infected Houses 606 ,, Infected cases removed to Isolation Hospital 275 ,, Library Books dealt with after Infectious Disease 107 „ Closets disinfected after Enteric 12 „ Rooms disinfected after Infectious Disease 432 ,, ,, ,, „ Cancer 5 ,, ,, ,, ,, Phthisis 37 ,, ,, ,, ,, stripped and cleansed after Infectious Disease 162 „ Articles disinfected or destroyed after Infectious Large quantities of Bed- Disease and Phthisis ding and Clothing, ,, Preliminary Notices served 628 ,, Notices of Intention to Inspect 889 ,, Statutory Notices served 2258 ,, Letters received 1958 ,. ,, written 2561 ,, Notices received from H.M. |
ad9f22d7-64c0-4715-bb18-e44de8b42d36 | Inspector of Factories 12 ,, Notifications of Waste of Water sent to Metropolitan Water Board 29 ,, Summonses served 2 ,, Convictions obtained 2 Complaints received 802 „ Inspection of Premises on Complaint 1826 „ ,, „ after Infectious Disease 490 ,, Re-inspection of Premises 11517 ,, Interviews with Owners or Agents 1401 * ,, House to House Inspections 800 „ Premises under Periodical Inspection 670 , Nuisances abated 5641 , Inspections of Common Lodging Houses (1 Registered) 123 ,. „ Van Dwellings. 70 , Nuisances from Movable Dwellings, Caravans, &c 14 Overcrowding Nuisances abated 47 „ Rooms, &c„ cleansed, repaired, &c. |
9eef7df8-5284-4ce1-b9c3-ab6f5ed51d61 | 1119 ,, Roofs, R. W. pipes, gutters, plastering repaired 734 „ Houses dealt with under Section 15 1 ,, ,, found to be in a state Dangerous or Injurious to Health (Sect. 17) 15 , Representations made by M. O. H. (Sect. 17) 15 „ Houses made Habitable without Closing Orders 5 „ Closing Orders made by L A. (Sect. 17) 4 72 No. Houses Closed Voluntarily — ,, Closing Orders determined after repairs (Sec. 17) 3 ,, Houses demolished (a) by order of L.A. (Sec. |
a7629715-4730-4680-82c2-31ba328da7bb | 17)|(i) Voluntarily — ,, Illegal Underground Rooms Vacated — „ Houses Let in Lodgings Registered under Bye-Laws 56 ,, Contraventions under Bye-Laws 33 ,, Articles of unsound food seized 1 „ „ „ „ „ condemned by Magistrates 1 ,, „ „ „ „ surrendered 8 No. |
ba9a4527-f725-4131-9765-63e7a9d38638 | of Samples taken by the Local Authority 4 „ „ found adulturated — ,, Inspections of Butchers' Shops (27) — 253 „ „ Fishmongers' Shops (17) 197 „ „ Greengrocers' Shops (19) ... 229 „ „ Premises where food is manufactured or prepared (19) 78 ,, Dairies ... 94 Milk Purveyors' Premises 80 Registered 70 ,, ,, Cowsheds (2 Registered) (98 Cows in all) 34 „ ,, Bakehouse (29 Registered) 347 ,, Laundries 156 ,, ,, Other Workshops (126) 70 ,» ,, Slaughter Houses (3 Licensed) 139 >. Piggeries (2) 24 » » Offensive Trades (2 Registered) 1 ,, ,, Mews and Stables (5) 342 „ „ Public House Urinals, &c. |
a258b24e-d6cc-44a4-b360-230cf5fb8df7 | (38) 72 ,, ,, Schools (11) 2 ,, ,, Show Grounds (2) 32 Percentage of Houses supplied from Public Water service 100 % No. of Cisters cleansed, repaired, covered, &c. 305 ., Draw taps placed on Mains 112 Percentage of Houses supplied with Water on constant system 100 % No. of Drains submitted to Chemical test 85 ,, ,, ,, ,, Smoke Test 380 ,, ,, ,, ,,k Water Test 353 „ Re-drainage plans deposited 70 ,, House drains reconstructed 111 ,, W.C.'s repaired, supplied with water or otherwise improved 758 Percentage of Houses provided with W.C.'s 100% No. of Drains examined, tested, exposed, &c 818 ,, ,, unstopped, repaired, trapped, &c. 363 ,, Waste pipes, rain water pipes disconnected, repaired, &c. 783 „ New sinks provided 222 73 No. |
cb6e975d-90ae-4f7a-bfcf-771c55f461d6 | of New soil pipes or ventilating shafts fixed 317 „ Existing soil pipes or ventilating shafts repaired 140 ,, Disconnecting traps or Chambers inserted 334 Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers 100% No. of New Dust Bins provided 343 . Dust removed from each house Weekly No. of Complaints of non-removal of dust received 6 Method of Disposal of Dust Destructor No. of Smoke Observations taken 245 „ Smoke Nuisances abated 5 „ Accumulations of refuse removed 90 „ Nuisances abated from foul ditches, ponds, &c., and Stagnant Water 18 „ Nuisances abated from foul pigs and other animals 24 „ „ „ „ Dampness 211 „ Yards repaved or repaired 512 „ Other Nuisances abated 414 Yours obediently, MAURICE W. KINCH. |
a179213a-6c20-453c-88fd-d0fa35389703 | * It should be noted that the somewhat decreased number of initial inspections made during the last year is mainly in consequence of the more detailed, record which the Orders of the L.G.B. demand, and which is now kept Moreover, the drains of every house are now submitted to the smoke test. Report ON THE Medical Inspection of Schools FOR THE YEAR 1911. 76 The Urban District Council of Hcton. To the Chairman and Members of the Education Committee. Ladies and Gentlemen, In accordance with Paragraph 13 of Circular 576, issued by the Board of Education in November, 1907, we beg to submit the following report on the schools and school children under the control of the Local Education Authority. The report deals with ihe period ending December 31st, 1911. |
1f48e0ce-0c2b-4727-86a8-7660a96d2e63 | This period has been adopted so as to secure in future reports an effective basis for comparison of the work done in different parts of the country, and to correspond with the annual period fixed for the closelyrelated annual report of the Medical Officer of Health. The scope of the report is defined in Circular 596 of the Board of Education, and this report will follow as closely as possible the lines laid down in that circular. As the report is for the information of the Board of Education, as well as of the Local Education Authority, statements of local circumstances and conditions are included which may seem superfluous to the latter. As regards the scope of the report, the Board consider it desirable that it should cover as much as possible of the ground indicated under the following heads:— (a) Hygienic condition of schools. (b) Description of arrangements for co-ordinating School Medical Service and Public Health Service, including (1) Use of Board's Schedule. |
739c2187-7e81-4fd5-968c-3e0db6cdbf73 | (2) Assistance given by Teachers, Nurses, Attendance Officers, &c. (3) Co-operation of parents. (4) Disturbance of school arrangements. 77 (c) Extent and scope of Medical Inspection during the year, (d) Review of results of Medical Inspection. (e) Relations of home and industrial conditions to health and physical conditions of children. (f) Methods employed or available for the treatment of defects, including work of School Nurses. (g) Review of action taken to detect and prevent the spread of infectious diseases, including closure of schools or exclusion of children from schools. (h) Review of methods adopted for dealing with blind, deaf, mentally or physically defective and epileptic children. (i) Review of methods of instruction in personal hygiene and temperance in Public Elementary Schools, including physical and breathing exercises and arrangements for open-air or camp schools. |
3082151c-2d14-42c7-9ad3-57cb338b067a | The Urban District Council of Acton has an area of 2,304 acres, and estimated population at the end of .Tune, 1911, of 58,048 i nhabitants. The average number of children on the books was 8,941, and the average number of children in attendance throughout the year was 7,933. There are in the district 11 schools and 24 departments. In former reports, a description has been given of all the Council's Schools; during 1911 the following improvements have been carried out. Central Infants' School. Draught screens have been fitted to 29 window sashes in this department. 78 South Acton Boys' School. In the Senior and Junior Departments, roller-screens hare been supplied on account of the draught on the platforms in the Hall. Beaumont Park Girls' School. |
3930f3c4-ac2d-4cc6-88aa-f5e67ea1e33f | During the past year, three rooms at the Acton Green Mission Church, Steele Road, have been hired from the Trustees to provide additional temporary accommodation at the above school. It was found that the ventilation of the rooms was unsatisfactory, but alterations have now been carried out to four windows, and considerable improvement has resulted. Rothschild Road School. The urinal accommodation is not satisfactory, and arrangements have been made that the walls on three sides of the urinal shall be cemented three feet high. Acton Boys' School. The playground of this school was in bad condition, and clinker has been put down at the lower end of it. Acton Wells School. Some of the seats of the offices were in need of alteration, but these have been repaired by the makers. Turnham Green (R. C.) School. Considerable alterations have been made in this school. |
d522673d-cb22-4649-acfa-3aac97d6b146 | The lighting, heating and ventilation of the old class-rooms have been improved, and two additional infants' class-rooms have been erected on the western side of the old building. Along the northern side of the building a corridor now runs along the entire length of the building, and from this corridor entrance is gained to all the class-rooms. The old slow-combustion stoves have been taken out, and open fireplaces have been substituted. The old class-rooms have been arranged so that the 79 light comes mainly from the left of the scholars. In one of the new class-rooms the light also comes from the left; in the other the light comes mainly from the right. Inlet and outlet openings have been provided for the ventilation of each class-room. Five new closets have been erected, and all the drainage arrangements overhauled. New cloak-rooms have been erected, and are in all instances separated from the class-room by a corridor. |
84868fac-0795-4ece-a904-1ac174e42286 | There is no Teachers' room, and inspection of the children has to be carried out in one of the class-rooms. 80 TABLE 1. PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITHIN THE DISTRICT, TOGETHER WITH ACCOMMODATION. Name of School. Accommodation. 1. Acton Boys 164 Girls 129 Infants 142 2. Beaumont Park Boys 635 Girls 675 Infants 499 3. Central Senior 497 Junior 497 Infants' 410 4. East Acton Mixed 144 5. Priory Boys 610 Girls 542 Infants 477 6. Rothschild Road Infants 295 7. South Acton Boys 720 Girls 574 Infants 618 8. Southfield Road Senior 419 Junior 381 Infants' 400 9 Turnham Green (R.C.) Mixed 327 14. |
1b52d363-265a-44c8-8662-65533b3d3f48 | Acton Wells Mixed 1124 Total 10279 81 TABLE 2. Showing the number of children examined classified according to age and sex. No. examined. years 12-13 years 13-14 years 14-15 years 15-16 years 16-17 SENIOR BOYS— Acton 23 ... 20 3 ... ... Acton Wells 13 ... 11 2 ... ... Beaumont Park 97 ... 78 19 ... ... Central 44 ... 21 23 ... ... Priory 62 1 55 6 ... ... South Acton 59 ... 51 7 ... 1 Southfield Road 49 ... 37 12 ... ... Turnham Green (R. C.) |
4e79d850-a12f-4555-91e3-11bf6bfa1ece | 11 ... 8 3 ... ... 358 1 281 75 ... 1 SENIOR GIRLS— Acton 15 ... 14 1 ... ... Acton Wells 1 ... 1 ... ... Beaumont Park 41 ... 27 14 ... ... Central 43 ... 20 22 ... 1 Priory 31 ... 31 ... ... South Acton 38 ... 30 8 ... ... Southfield Road 50 1 34 13 1 1 Turnham Green (R. C.) 10 ... 8 2 ... ... 229 1 165 60 1 2 No. examined. |
a1926fca-93e2-4abe-8740-4e0ae5b8be0d | Years of age.. years 7-8 years 8-9 years 9-10 JUNIOR SCHOOLS— Central Male 35 3 24 8 Central Female 42 2 36 4 Southfield Road Male 33 ... 30 3 Southfield Road Female 38 ... 28 10 South Acton Male 78 2 71 5 South Acton Female 85 ... 79 6 311 7 268 36 82 fABLE 2—continued. No. examined Years of age. |
01a916b8-fd7c-4a77-b251-b1d672cbd5a5 | INFANTS (MALE)— 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11-12 Acton 30 ... 14 12 4 ... ... ... ... ... Acton Wells 34 4 13 12 5 ... ... ... ... ... Beaumont Park 70 ... 9 42 13 6 ... ... ... ... Central 99 8 29 27 24 9 1 1 ... ... East Acton 12 ... 6 1 1 ... 3 ... ... 1 Priory 89 3 29 37 14 6 ... ... ... Rothschild Road 48 ... 1 31 6 6 4 ... ... ... South Acton 120 9 56 37 16 2 ... ... ... Southfield Ro ad 91 ... ... 58 20 11 2 ... ... ... Turnham Green (R. C. |
89511b87-7cc6-4a60-b897-ea4fd0898ddc | 24 1 4 11 4 4 ... ... ... ... 617 25 161 268 107 44 10 1 1 INFANTS (FEMALE)— Acton 32 ... 7 17 5 3 ... ... ... ... Acton Wells 39 6 17 11 5 ... ... ... ... Beaumont Park 61 ... 10 39 7 5 ... ... ... ... Central 94 8 25 26 26 5 4 ... ... ... East Acton 14 1 3 3 3 ... ... ... 2 ... Priory 88 4 26 33 15 10 ... ... ... ... Rothschild Road 46 ... ... 28 10 4 4 ... ... ... South Acton 141 14 52 32 19 24 ... ... ... ... Southfield Road 104 ... ... 65 24 13 2 ... ... ... Turnham Green (R. C.) |
a0f50dad-cd1e-464e-9363-07d08bf5d26c | 14 ... 1 7 3 3 ... ... ... ... 633 33 141 261 117 67 10 2 2 83 TABLE 3. Giving the number of children examined in each school, together with the conditions found on examination. SENIOR BOYS No. Examined Nutrition Clothing Cleanliness Verminous Teeth Enlarged Tonsils Adenoids Enlarged Glands A B C Average Below Average A B C Head Body In faulty Position. Carious Perfect. Submax illary Cervical Acton 23 18 5 . 23 . 22 1 . . . . 3 6 3 1 . 3 Acton Wells 13 12 1 . 11 2 13 . . . . . 3 5 . . . . Beaumont Park 97 80 6 11 80 17 96 . 1 . 1 . 4 45 13 2 . |
3d4bd143-e72c-4e11-8444-758b84d6a718 | 8 Central 44 35 9 . 44 . 44 . . . . . 4 24 8 . . 1 Priory 62 54 4 4 52 10 58 3 1 . . . 6 17 13 2 . 8 .South Acton 59 40 14 5 43 16 55 3 1 1 . . 8 19 12 1 . 9 Southfield Road 49 40 9 . 45 4 46 . 3 . . . 10 14 12 5 . 10 Turnham Green R.C. 11 10 1 ... 11 ... 11 ... ... ... ... ... 3 3 1 ... ... 1 Totals 358 288 49 20 308 49 344 7 6 1 1 ... 41 120 62 11 ... 40 SENIOR GIRLS. |
7bc46b32-1e90-4b7e-9c11-b1bba20b294f | Acton 15 14 1 . 15 . 14 1 . . . . 2 . 2 . . 1 Acton Wells 1 1 . . 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . lleaumont Park 41 33 4 1 36 5 34 . . 4 . . 3 1 8 1 . 1 Central 43 40 2 1 43 . 43 . . 2 . 1 2 3 2 . . . Priory 31 17 12 2 22 9 22 7 9 6 . . 3 3 4 1 . 1 South Acton 38 16 17 5 32 6 20 14 4 5 . 2 5 3 9 2 . 2 Southfield Road 50 40 4 . 50 . 45 5 . 1 . |
c0a031ac-3192-4a71-85a1-70e598b13786 | 9 4 11 5 1 1 1 Turnham Green R.C, 10 4 6 . 6 4 6 3 1 2 . . . 1 . . . 2 Totals 229 174 46 9 205 24 185 37 7 20 . 5 19 22 30 5 1 8 JUNIOR SCHOOLS (8 yrs.) South Acton Girls 85 34 45 6 76 9 31 35 19 19 . . 5 1 14 2 1 6 South Acton Boys 78 25 44 9 62 16 41 11 6 1 . . 10 9 12 7 3 4 Central Junior Girls 42 37 5 . 42 . 42 . . . . 3 8 1 8 2 . |
bab38474-8198-44c7-9a68-7c04858e4e15 | 1 Central Junior Boys 35 31 4 . . . 35 . . . . . 3 4 3 5 . 1 Southfield Road Girls 38 34 3 1 37 1 33 3 2 1 . 1 4 4 3 3 . 2 Southfield Road Boys 33 29 3 1 33 . 30 2 1 . . 1 2 3 6 2 . . Totals 311 190 104 17 285 26 212 71 28 21 . 5 32 22 46 21 4 14 84 TABLE 3—continued SENIOR BOYS (continued). j External Eye Disease Defective Vi-ion Squint j Defective j Hearing j Ear Disease | Defective j Speech Menial Condition Heart Disease Lung ' Disease Tuberculosis Rickets Skin Disease Anaemia Polypus of Nose Deformities, Spinal Disease, etc. |
2d84f9c9-3944-478f-bbcd-34e6945e48d8 | Other Diseases, and defects Infectious or Contagious Diseases Acton 4 i i 2 i 2 i Acton Wells i 1 i Beaumont Park 11 2 7 1 i 4 10 ■> 1 3 Central ... 3 1 i 2 1 1 Priory 4 13 9 1 i .. 1 2 2 1 i South Acton 8 4 2 ... 3 4 2 9, i Southfield Road ... 4 3 1 9, 1 2 1 Turnham Green R.C. ... i 1 Totals 5 44 2 18 6 4 12 19 6 7 1 3 8 i SENIOR GIRLS (continued). |
5540552d-dbc3-429a-9e03-a3e3571af52f | Acton 1 1 1 1 2 • 2 Acton Wells Beaumont Park 1 7 1 2 1 2 Central ... 4 3 2 1 Priory 1 7 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 South Acton 2 6 3 i 1 1 1 Southfield Road ... 2 4 2 2 2 2 Turnham Green R.C o 2 Totals 5 29 15 2 i 13 2 1 ... 5 2 1 1 7 JUNIOR SCHOOLS (8 yrs.) (continued). |
562fa671-2f76-495a-8ba9-48fc3183ae3c | I South Acton Girls... 4 2 3 1 9 1 1 i South Acton Boys 2 6 3 2 1 2 7 3 1 1 Central Junior Girls 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 Central Junior Boys 3 1 1 1 Southfield Road Girls 1 4 ... 1 2 1 ?, 1 Southfield Road Boys 2 1 ... ... 2 3 Totals ... 8 18 3 6 3 1 8 3 1 7 4 5 3 8 i 85 TABLE 3—continued. INFANTS No. examined Nutrition Clothing Cleanliness Verminous Carious Teeth Perfect Teeth Teeth in faulty position Enlarged Tonsils Adenoids Enlarged Glands. |
6586406f-27c4-4e03-8cc5-ca934312fcdd | A B C OverClothing Average Below Average A B C Head Body Submax illary Cervical Acton (Boys) 30 23 5 2 . 28 2 26 3 1 . . . 2 . 6 5 1 3 „ (Girls) 32 26 5 1 1 31 . 25 6 1 5 . 2 . 1 3 3 . 2 Acton Wells (Boys) 31 25 7 1 . 29 5 30 4 . . . . . . . . . . , (Girls) 39 33 5 1 . 37 2 34 5 . 3 . . . . . . . . Beaumont Park (Boys) 70 50 15 5 . 62 8 55 10 5 . 1 6 . . 7 6 . 7 , |
bb85b619-4526-44af-8d76-e3bfc02f11a3 | (Girls) 61 45 12 4 2 52 7 48 6 7 8 2 5 . . 2 1 1 2 Central (Boys) 99 90 9 . 2 93 4 94 5 . 1 . 12 2 1 10 8 . 9 , (Girls) 94 88 6 . . 92 2 85 8 1 6 . 8 . . 6 . . 4 East Acton (Boys) 12 5 7 . . 11 1 6 5 1 1 . 2 . . 3 1 . 1 , (Girls) 14 9 4 1 . 13 1 13 . 1 1 . . 1 . 4 . . . |
c52681f3-7bb2-4333-ac85-303f7ec3bf6f | Priory (Boys) 89 53 34 2 1 77 11 61 21 4 2 . 4 . . 11 6 4 11 „ (Girls) 88 63 24 1 3 82 3 65 18 5 8 1 6 . . 10 2 4 3 Rothschild Road (Boys) 48 42 6 . . 46 2 44 2 2 . . 1 . 2 4 7 . 4 „ (Girls) 46 41 5 . . 45 I 40 4 2 6 3 1 2 2 4 1 . 1 South Acton (Boys) 120 80 33 7 2 98 20 84 24 12 5 1 5 5 . 5 . |
63b5a14e-4df0-4f6d-9d7a-f72de5080262 | 4 13 „ (Girls) 141 98 39 4 3 111 27 100 21 20 24 4 7 1 1 5 4 1 2 Southfield Road (Boys) 91 81 9 1 1 86 4 84 5 2 1 . 13 2 2 10 7 . 5 „ (Girls) 104 93 9 2 1 102 1 95 8 1 2 . 8 1 3 5 2 . 7 Turnham Green R C (Boys) 24 12 10 2 . 18 6 15 5 4 2 l 2 . . 1 1 3 2 , (Girls) 14 7 7 . . 12 2 9 3 2 2 1 1 . 1 . . 3 . |
ccdc515e-6c15-4276-badc-ca1962f8fc12 | Totals 1250 965 251 34 16 112 109 1013 166 71 77 14 83 16 13 96 54 21 76 86 TABLE 3—continued INFANTS (continued). External Eye Disease Defective Vision Ear Disease Defective Hearing Defective Speech Mental Condition Heart Disease Lung Disease Tuberculosis Rickets Anaemia. Skin Disease. Deformities, Spinal Disease, &c. Infectious or Contagious Disease Other Diseases and Defects Acton (Boys) ... ... ... 1 1 ... ... 4 1 ... 1 2 ... ... ... ,, (Girls) 1 1 ... 1 ... 2 1 5 ... 1 . 2 2 . . 1 Acton Wells (Boys) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , (Girls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
863fe980-1685-4c5a-8bd7-ebdb41553926 | Beaumont Park (Boys) 1 . 1 . 1 . 2 7 . 6 3 2 . . 3 , (Girls) 3 2 . 2 . . 1 4 1 2 3 1 . . 4 Central (Boys) 3 . . . . . 1 1 . 4 6 1 1 2 6 , (Girls) 2 2 . 1 2 . 2 2 . 1 . 1 . . . East Acton (Boys) . . . . . . . . . 2 1 1 1 1 . , (Girls) 2 . . . . . . . 1 . 2 . . . . Priory (Boys) 2 . 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 11 4 1 2 . 2 „ (Girls) 2 . 1 . . . |
0cc7be5d-c99a-456d-b8f2-71e9e89b0f34 | 1 3 . . 1 1 1 1 1 Rothschild Road (Boys) 1 1 . 1 . . . 3 . 2 2 3 1 1 1 , (Girls) 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . 1 l 1 1 South Acton (Boys) 6 1 3 . . 1 2 7 2 7 5 4 . 1 3 „ (Girls) 10 3 2 1 . 1 1 9 2 7 3 4 2 2 3 Southfield Road (Boys) 2 3 1 . . . 3 2 1 4 4 2 . 2 1 „ (Girls) 1 2 . . 1 . 2 3 . 1 1 2 1 . 6 Turnham Green R.C. |
ef58500b-b14d-483b-9c5d-f558eebb3db7 | (Boys) ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... 2 ... 2 ... 2 ... ... ... ,, (Girls) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... Totals ... 88 16 12 9 6 6 18 54 9 50 39 30 10 11 32 87 Special Examination. In addition to the foregoing numbers, 1,316 children have been examined who were kept apart by the teachers, and 22 were examined for special schools. Eye Disease and Vision. During 1911 refraction work has been carried out by the School Oculist, Mrs. Marshall Banham, M.B. The examination is carried out at the Priory Offices, in a room specially fitted for this purpose; and the arrangements for this branch of medical inspection are most satisfactory. |
dea5a9e9-091e-4747-a0f3-4777212c9454 | All cases are first examined by the S.M.O., and selected ones are sent to the School Oculist, who reports on the treatment required. Various cases of external eye disease are treated by the School Nurse, under the supervision of the S.M.O., and much improvement results in neglected cases, though sometimes the gain is not lasting, as parents take little interest in a complaint of long standing which needs constant attention to effect a cure. In last year's report, the scheme for examination of eyesight was explained, but it may be pointed out that in practice there are many obstacles to be overcome before suitable glasses are provided and worn by the children. The objection to spectacles is most marked in the poorer parts of the district. Parents do not realise, when a child is young, that a neglected squint will probably lead to blindness in that eye later in life, and a warning that spectacles are required is often met with a refusal " to have the eye tampered with.'' |
446cf98b-8627-4d67-a4e0-9d0d5efbf26d | Again, notices are served calling attention to the fact that the atropine ointment necessary in refraction cases will appear to temporarily affect the sight, and asking for the parents' consent to the treatment before its commencement. The ointment is applied in school by the School Nurse for four days before the child sees the Oculist. It is quite common for no objection to be raised for two or three days, and then the parents send a note 88 saying that, as the child's eyes are no better, they refuse to have ointment further applied. Thus, a whole week's work may be wasted, as visits to the house paid by the S.M.O. or Nurse may fail to find the parents at home, so still further explanation is impossible. If the parents are seen, an unwilling consent is obtained, coupled with the information that one or both parents are " much against the wearing of spectacles.'' |
452f1b45-f370-4dce-a845-0fbf1227a722 | On one occasion the parents changed their minds twice during a day as to permission to continue interrupted treatment. In another case, where the child had been treated the full number of times and failed to appear before the Oculist, it was found that the father (who was a coster) had taken the child with him that afternoon for a ride on his barrow. It is possible that this was not intentional, but at any rate it shows a lamentable ignorance of the value of the Oculist's work, Among better-class parents there is a tendency to prefer gold-rimmed spectacles, obtained from an optician, to the plainer variety, with accurate lenses, supplied after examination by an Oculist. Perhaps the risk run is not fully understood, but opticians are not legally entitled to use mydriatics, and many cases of astigmatism can only be properly tested where the eye muscles of accommodation have been thrown out of action by atropine. The following case illustrates the difficulties of administration. |
19cf11e6-004f-4c9b-8c00-510f03e864d2 | In 1909, a child, D. S. (in a Junior Department), was found suffering from defective sight and advised to procure glasses. A hospital letter was given for treatment at a special eye hospital, and the mother promised to take the child, but always failed to keep her word. Seventeen visits were paid by the School Nurse, much pressure was brought to bear by the Head Teacher, but the mother would neither return the hospital letter nor avail herself of its benefits, though always promising to do so. In May, 1911, D. S. obtained glasses, and it was reasonable to suppose that these had come from the eye hospital. In December, 1911, when the S.M.O. was visiting a school, D. S. (now in the Senior 89 Department) was brought forward as a case of defective eyesight. She was then wearing no spectacles, and stated that the glasses obtained did not suit her. |
49528359-1048-4658-bfcc-20f410c63026 | On enquiry, it was found these glasses had been obtained from an optician, and not through the hospital letter provided. Finally, D. S. was brought up to the S.M.O., with a message from the optician, who had been again visited, to say that " the girl's sight was very bad, and the school doctor had better see to it." D. S. is now in the hands of the School Oculist. The payment of spectacles in necessitous cases is provided for by a grant of £50 made by the Urban District Council for this purpose. An attempt is always made to obtain some contribution from the parents, as it is found that more care is taken of the glasses under these circumstances. After a prescription is received from the Oculist, the glasses are supplied, and the School Attendance Officers collect payment in small instalments. |
41911f02-6e26-49ae-8be9-85fe69ed0d91 | This is often a tedious business; for instance, in two cases visits were paid for over three months in order to collect the sum of 3s. in each case. During the past year 198 children were examined by the Oculist. They paid 345 visits, 93 prescriptions for spectacles were given, and spectacles were obtained in 90 cases. A detailed account of the cases seen is shown in the following table:— Cases. Refractions performed 106 Hypermetropic astigmatism 80 Strabismus 38 Hypermetropia 15 Corneal nebulae 12 Myopic astigmatism 12 Phlyctenular conjunctivitis 9 Mixed astigmatism 8 Blepharitis 8 Conjunctivitis 6 90 Cases. |
a1df04d3-1d61-45c3-9900-91f544919420 | Myopia 5 Progressive myopia 2 Habit spasm 2 Cataract 2 Malingering 2 Trachoma 1 Nystagmus 1 Purulent conjunctivitis 1 Ptosis 1 Directions given 31 Besides this number, many other eases of eye disease are seen during the year by the S.M.O. of those children who are not in a position to necessitate their being seen by the School Oculist. These are referred to their own doctor for treatment, or simple directions are given according to the needs of each case. Teeth. As mentioned in former reports, an arbitrary standard has to be observed, and in the school tables only those children who have four or more carious teeth are included under the heading of defective teeth. Again, the examination by the S.M.O. is necessarily a superficial one, and only obvious dental caries is recorded. |
b55ce882-de93-415d-95ce-a6a6600a79ec | It is probable that a qualified dentist, on thorough examination, would find in apparently sound teeth, commencing caries which has been undetected by the school doctor. At present no definite scheme for the removal or stopping of carious teeth is in force in the district. Children with badlydecayed teeth are given dental letters to a hospital, if the parents show willingness to co-operate in the treatment and there seems good reason to believe that their promises will be fulfilled. The necessity for the use of a toothbrush, especially at night, is pointed out by the S.M.O. to those mothers who attend the inspection of their children, and many parents promise to see 91 that the treatment is carried out; also the importance of dental hygiene is emphasized by the teachers or by the S.M.O. in many of the schools. It is noticeable that the best and the worst sets of teeth are found in the poorer schools of the district. |
b03ad335-b5df-432e-8583-74177d39bde3 | This is probably due to the coarser food given during early life, which acts as a mechanical cleanser and develops the use of the jaw, whereas well-cooked food requires less mastication and soft, starchy foods tend to collect round the bases of the teeth and cause decay. On the other hand, if Nature's supply has proved faulty in the poorer schools, no attempt has been made to check commencing caries, and this leads to enlarged cervical glands from septic absorption, malnutrition and impaired general health. In a certain number of cases the second set of teeth are found to be in faulty position owing to the late shedding of the primary set and failure to secure early dental treatment. In some parts of the country, toothbrush drill is a feature of the school work, or " toothbrush clubs " have been established where children are supplied with brushes and powder at very cheap rates. In Bedfordshire, a private philanthropist instituted an ingenious scheme of competition in the care of the teeth. |
0296c697-494a-46db-a8f3-09100e9e716b | Prizes were given for the most perfect teeth: the children were classified in four age-groups, with three prizes for each age-groups. The entrance fee for the competition was l½d., in return for which each competitor received a toothbrush and box of tooth powder, the two costing 5d. bought wholesale. All these methods of inducing care of the teeth are a great attraction, while they have the merit of novelty, and probably some children continue the good habits formed at school into later life. 92 Ringworm. In the Annual Report for 1911, it was mentioned that a scheme was in progress for treating certain cases of Ringworm with the X-rays. Dr. Arthur, of Ealing, formerly Radiographer to the West London Hospital, agreed to treat selected cases sent from Acton for the sum of £10 per annum, as this was the amount sanctioned by the Council. |
0e772d97-c5d2-4f1a-ac71-40fa9208257e | It happened that during 1911 there was a considerable increase in the amount of ringworm existing in the district. This is partly due to the etiology of the disease, as it is known to become almost epidemic at intervals; and another source of infection lies in the shifting nature of the population. It is, unfortunately, not uncommon to receive fresh families into the district, where three or four children of varying ages are all suffering with ringworm, and these provide active foci of infection. In July, 1911, Dr. Arthur pointed out that the number of cases was so great that it was impossible to carry on the work at the existing rate of remuneration; as only severe cases were selected, a prolonged exposure to X-rays was necessary, requiring considerable time and expenditure of material. Moreover, in one instance, a child was unruly, and broke an expensive piece of apparatus. A fresh arrangement was therefore made and sanctioned, by which children are treated at the rate of 10s. |
8af90954-ffc0-4d5a-9b14-bd4ecfc0dc46 | 6d. per case, and to meet the increased cost of the treatment the charge of 2s. 6d. to the parents has been raised to 5s. where parents can afford to pay this sum. During the past year, 33 cases have received this treatment, and in every case the treatment has been completely successful. It has been found of great value, as no other method results in such speedy return to school. 93 The working details of the scheme are as follows:— Suitable cases are brought for inspection to the S.M.O., who interviews the parents and explains the nature of the treatment. The following paper is then signed by the parent:— Name Address School To the School Medical Officer, I agree that my child shall be electrically treated by X-rays for ringworm of the head. Signed Date A card is given bearing the child's name and making a special appointment with the Radiographer for one of two days during the week. |
b4f80e7f-50b7-4894-b055-b1dcfc3e8095 | Treatment is carried out at his private residence, and after treatment the child again visits the Radiographer, for him to sec the progress of the case, and each scholar is finally seen by the S.M.O. before re-admission to school. The difficulty of school attendance before the new hair has grown is overcome by the child wearing a linen cap in school. So far, this scheme is producing excellent results, but its practical working needs much time and patience. Often, several interviews with parents are required before they are persuaded of the advantages of the eletrical treatment, and many amusing objections are raised, such as, " The child's brain will become like a rabbit's,'' or, " A neighbour says the electricity will damage the sight." The greatest difficulty to overcome is the obstinacy of the parent who " doesn't hold with X-rays," without any particular reason for his opinion. |
b44d367f-7933-4cb4-ac0e-da2d761191ae | 94 It may be mentioned that no oases are sent when under treatment by a practitioner, unless by his request or at the definite request of the parents, and in all instances the slight risk or difficulty with the growth of hair after X-rays is carefully explained to each parent by the S.M.O. No cases of baldness or thinness of hair have at present occurred in this district. It is necessary to have the signature of each parent in agreement to the electrical treatment, as occasionally attempts are made to repudiate any obligation when the School Attendance Officers collect the parents' contributions for treatment. The electrical method is increasing in popularity. Parents who delayed early treatment regret their wasted time, and " wish it had been done earlier." It is not uncommon to find children absent for between one to two years where drug treatment is irregularly applied. The longest case in the district has been suffering from ringworm for nearly four years, though in fairly regular attendance at a hospital. |
b78c78ec-9e4d-4554-a961-617bfbeb8e14 | All the slighter cases of ringworm, or those in which the body is involved, are also seen by the S.M.O. and kept under close observation. Microscopical examination for spores is carried out in all necessary cases, and the School Nurse does excellent work in treating cases of ringworm of the body where the mothers go out to work and it has been impossible to get treatment regularly applied. Possibly the spread of ringworm will decrease when the popular round wool caps are no longer in fashion, as these caps become infected with short broken hairs, and a fresh portion of the scalp may be daily infected as the caps are adjusted in a new position. Tuberculosis. All cases supposed to be tuberculous in origin are brought for the inspection of the S.M.O., and efforts are made to provide treatment for the cases which are definitely tuberculous or in the pre-tubercular stage. |
b3c8b0d4-bc4c-4974-8924-da51172b578b | 95 Suitable cases of phthisis are treated at Northwood Sanatorium where the Council maintains two beds. During 1911 four cases occurring among school children were recommended for admission at the Sanatorium. Those cases which present no definite physical signs, but appear obviously delicate, often with a history of tuberculosis in the family, are referred to the Acton Central Aid Society. Through the kindness of this Society, five cases recommended by the S.M.O. were boarded out at the seaside, or in the country, for two or three months, and again medically examined on their return. In all these cases, a considerable gain in weight and improvement in physical condition resulted from this treatment. During June, 1911, the S.M.O. specially examined 30 children who were submitted by teachers as needing treatment at convalescent homes. Six of these were recommended for convalescent treatment, and five needed a country holiday. |
bfa10998-93fd-4c7f-9871-0be7863339c1 | It is noticeable that a large number of cases are brought forward by parents for " consumptive chests " in whom no signs of disease are present, though the thoracic development may be poor, owing to the presence of adenoids or some local disorder. Arrangements made for children with tuberculous joint disease are given in the report on physically-defective children. 96 TABLE 4. NUMBER OF CHILDREN REFERRED FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION. These were from the following schools:— Infants. Girls. Boys. Junior. Acton 19 2 2 — Acton Wells 4 — 1 — Beaumont Park 17 7 20 — Central 13 2 5 19 East Acton 5 — — — Priory 18 9 14 — Rothschild Road 20 — — — South Acton 63 21 21 15 Southfield Road 36 6 8 12 Turnham Green (R C.) |
81b5ef72-f016-4acf-ab04-28fdb32299be | 4 — 5 — 199 47 76 46 TABLE 5. AVERAGE HEIGHT, without shoes, and AVERAGE WEIGHT, without clothes, Anthopometric Committee, 1883. MALES. FEMALES. Age last Birthday. Height in inches. Weight in lbs. Height in inches. Weight in lbs. |
bda02c76-1311-47cd-8c7d-e36b6cae207c | 3 35 31.2 35 30 4 38 35 38 34 5 41 41.2 40.5 39.2 6 44 44.4 42.8 41.7 7 46 49.7 45.5 47.6 8 47 54.9 46.6 52.1 9 49.7 60.4 48.7 55.4 10 51.8 67.5 51 62 11 53.5 72 53.1 68 12 55 76.7 55.6 76.4 13 57 82.6 57.7 87.2 14 59.3 92 59.8 96.7 15 62.2 102.7 60.9 106 97 TABLE 6. |
98ba94b2-b6bf-45b8-b889-f53ed76d0681 | GIVING HEIGHTS & WEIGHTS AT DIFFERENT AGES. No. examined 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 Height Weight Height Weight Height Weight Height Weight Height Weight SENIOR BOYS. |
90882e26-0569-4e91-a3b0-c2d72bbbe6b9 | Acton 23 ... ... 58.9 83.5 60.2 102.5 ... ... ... ... Acton Wells 13 ... ... 57.6 82.7 62.0 101.5 ... ... ... ... Beaumont Park 97 ... ... 55.4 77.3 56.6 78.9 ... ... ... ... Central 44 ... ... 59.0 89.6 59.1 89.0 ... ... ... ... Priory 62 60.5 91.5 57.3 78.3 58.6 91.2 ... ... ... ... Southfield Road 49 ... ... 59.4 92 .3 61.0 95.4 ... ... ... ... South Acton 59 ... ... 56.4 77.2 59.3 88.1 ... ... 57.0 80.5 Turnham Green R.C. |
3be5fdb7-9a05-42ed-a9fd-910a32ae2963 | 11 ... ... 57.3 85.8 59.3 94.2 ... ... ... ... Total 358 SENIOR GIRLS. |
4159595c-4e78-4c20-8432-9208817d9580 | Acton 15 ... ... 61.2 93.9 59.0 78.0 ... ... ... ... Acton Wells 1 ... ... 63.0 107.0 ... ... ... ... ... ... Beaumont Park 41 ... ... 59.5 86.8 61.0 96.6 ... ... ... ... Central 43 ... ... 60.5 100.3 60.7 99.4 ... ... 60.5 119 Priory 31 ... ... 56.1 83.8 ... ... ... ... ... Southfield Road 50 61 5 96.0 60.6 92.9 69.7 98.5 62.0 87.5 59.0 83.0 South Acton 38 ... ... 57.8 84.3 57.9 76.9 ... ... ... ... Turnham Green R.C. |
e9a10dc9-72f6-426c-968d-32b48ed6a724 | 10 ... ... 59.2 89.1 61.7 92.2 ... ... ... ... Total 229 No. examined 7-8 8-9 9-10 Height Weight Height Weight Height Weight JUNIOR SCHOOLS. |
9fd1c39b-ecfe-4bde-acdc-55bbb6263342 | Central Male 35 50.0 56.3 50.9 57.3 52.2 58.5 ,, Female 42 48.7 51.2 49.8 53.2 68.5 78.7 Southfield Road Male 33 ... ... 49.1 55.9 51.7 59.7 ,, Female 38 ... ... 49.8 54.2 50.6 55.4 South Acton Male 78 45.7 47.0 48.0 50.9 48.2 52.6 South Acton Female 85 ... ... 47.6 49.0 47.1 50.9 311 98 TABLE 6—continued. No. of Scholars exam'd. Years of Age. |
07b8e171-6e50-419d-9afd-6afb27c2e603 | 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 7-8 8-9 9-10 10-11 11-12 H. W. H. W. H. W. H. W. H. W. H. W. H. W. H. W. H. W. INFANTS (MALE). Acton 30 . . 41.3 38.5 42.9 39.5 44.7 14.0 . . . . . . . . . . Acton Wells 34 37.7 31.2 40.1 38.5 41.8 38.3 13.6 43.4 . . . . . . . . . . Beaumont Park 70 . . 38.7 37.0 41.8 40.1 43.6 44.5 46.2 50.2 . . . . . . . . |
b6cba2b7-b04c-4361-a49e-c923fde1474c | Central 99 35.3 38.0 41.3 40.9 42.6 42.2 45.5 46.4 47.9 50.1 50.0 54.0 . . . . . . East Acton 12 . . 38.4 36.5 44.0 44.0 46.5 47.0 . . 49.7 61.8 . . . . 52.5 67.5 Priory 89 39.0 37.2 39.2 35.8 42.0 39.6 43.5 41.5 47.5 49.6 . . . . . . . . Rothschild Road 48 . . 41.5 38.5 42.9 41.9 43.5 43.7 468 48.8 44.2 44.1 . . . . . |
abd0011a-72c9-4805-8d6a-3effd7905dd4 | . South Acton 120 37.9 36.3 39.1 35.6 41.4 39.1 42.6 41.3 43.2 43.2 . . . . . . . . Southfield Road 91 . . . . 42.7 40.8 44.4 43.2 45.0 45.6 48.2 50.5 . . . . . . Turnham Green R.C. 24 ... ... 41.5 42.9 40.1 36.1 45.5 46.4 44.0 42.4 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Total 617 INFANTS (FEMALE). Acton 32 . . 40.6 36.3 42.9 40.9 45.4 43.5 44.7 41.5 . . . . . . . . |
3cee4a18-bf5b-42b7-b413-84e1878dffce | Acton Wells 39 36.4 32.2 40.2 38.5 42.0 40.4 44.4 46.1 . . . . . . . . . . Beaumont Park 61 . . 37.8 35.7 41.6 39.8 443 43.1 45.0 45.2 . . . . . . . . Central 94 38.1 35.5 40.2 37.7 43.4 41.9 44.7 45.0 44.6 44.7 48.0 53.2 . . . . . . East Acton 14 . . 39.7 35.7 41.5 42.2 42.2 43.5 . . . . 48.5 54.2 50.0 55.7 Priory 88 36.5 32. |
ccda9047-f622-4d77-bc4c-d1c4617b3edc | 7 39.3 36.6 42.0 39.0 44.8 43.9 46.0 44.1 . . . . . . . . Rothschild Road 46 . . . . 42.2 39.0 44.1 42.6 46.9 45.9 47.0 50.1 . . . . . . South Acton 141 37.1 32.5 38.9 35.3 44.2 40.5 42.6 40.1 45.7 45.6 . . . . . . . . Southfield Road 104 . . . . 42.5 39.8 45.3 45.3 45.4 45.7 44.5 41.7 . . . . . . Turnham Green R.C. |
389261d7-1276-4036-b099-5d4e5da58274 | 14 ... ... ... ... 41.9 41.8 44.0 45.0 45.0 44.5 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Total 633 99 Nutrition. During the summer months of 1911, the examination of children who were eight years of age was commenced. The work was undertaken at this season of the year in order to detect cases of malnutrition or early disease which would specially benefit by a country holiday, and the names of these children were added to the list kept by the teachers to be forwarded to the organisers of the Country Holiday Fund. It will be generally agreed that malnutrition may be due to many causes, among which poverty, improper feeding, and the economic conditions of the district must be considered. In order to find out in some degree the relative importance of these factors, a comparison was made between the children attending the Central and Southfield Road Schools with those in the South Acton district. |
94d73f5e-3f9d-469f-9a7e-353799facbbd | The numbers examined are too small to draw very definite conclusions, but from the figures given below it will be seen that the scholars of eight years of age attending South Acton School show a lower average in height and weight than those from the other schools in the district examined at the same age period. It is interesting to note how closely the figures showing heights and weights from the Central and Southfield Road Schools correspond, and this might be expected, as the children attending these schools are derived from homes where conditions of housing, food supply and parental care are very similar. Juuior Schools. No. of children aged 8 examined. Height in inches. Weight in lbs. |
08f3c18c-3f78-4645-839c-a44bf774a03a | South Acton Boys 78 48 50.9 „ „ Girls 79 47.6 49 Southfield Road Boys 33 49.1 55.9 „ „ Girls 38 49.8 54.2 Central Junior Boys 35 50.9 57.3 „ „ Girls 42 49.8 53.2 It is probable that the actual difference is even greater than that shown by statistics, as the South Acton figures are often raised by the presence of heavy, large-boned children, whose 100 parents are of the agricultural type, and who have drifted into town in search of higher wages. These children may be reared in poverty, but for one generation the effects of town life are not sufficiently marked to lower their physique. |
651c1bd5-e30f-4e2f-8f92-a06d35f53f30 | As contrasted with these, in the other schools the children are often derived from homes where the parents come from generations of town dwellers, where small incomes do not permit of a sufficient holiday in the summer, and where there are no relatives living in the country to whom the children can be sent for a change of air. These children are intelligent, but their height and weight are smaller than those of the country type, and they seem specially prone to glandular overgrowth, enlarged tonsils or adenoids, which retard their later development. In former reports we have laid stress on the factors of improper and unsuitable feeding as a cause of malnutrition, and under the economic conditions of the district it is hard to find a remedy for this. As so many of the women are engaged in laundry work, they have no time to prepare a proper meal in the middle of the day, and often the mothers do not return home until evening. |
7be96a7d-9450-4e1c-b2f0-e93de76f1cbc | On questioning the children, we find they are given slices of bread and butter for a mid-day meal, or we are told, " We hots something up for ourselves"—an answer given by a diminutive member of a large family. An alternative to this is that the children are given coppers to buy food, and then the diet selected is more remarkable than nutritious, and the habit thus formed of passing over plain, wholesome food clings to the children through later life. On enquiry in the poorer parts of Acton, it is found that the principal meal of the day is supper, held at varying hours, but usually far too late for children. This is unsuitable from many hygienic reasons. |
cb218779-125a-468b-9946-cf9b2d7e76d5 | The children eat a heavy meal before bed-time, which leads to indigestion, disordered sleep and night terrors; their sleep is often taken in rooms heavy with the smell of cooking and ill ventilated (for the gospel of the window open at night as well as day is not yet sufficiently preached), and with 101 the bustle of family life the children get far too short hours for sleep. When morning comes the children are pale, with dark circles under their eyes, and have no appetite for breakfast. It is under such conditions that the scholars begin their educational day, and it is doubtful whether the burden falls heavier on the teachers or the pupil. The evidence of insufficient sleep is not confined to the working-class homes, for the need of at least ten hours' sleep is not always understood by parents, and over-excitable, intelligent children need more than this amount. A few cases of mal-nutrition associated with heart-strain occur in children who are engaged in some occupation besides their school work. |
ba09b549-dda2-4416-820b-df5e76ba9c02 | These cases are mostly found among the boys leaving school where they are employed to run errands on Saturdays, or to deliver papers or milk in the mornings before attending school. Here insufficient sleep and poverty (which makes the scanty earnings of these children a necessity), are associated factors in contributing to the mal-nutrition, besides the additional labour involved to the child. It is interesting to note that cases of heart-strain are much fewer since the Employment of Children Act, 1903, has come into force in this district. Occasionally, mal-nutrition may ba due to some local cause, such as decayed teeth. The presence of many carious teeth either prevents the child from masticating its food, or, if the mouth is in a septic and unhealthy condition, the food material is swallowed with products of decomposition which are harmful to digestion, and produce a slow poisoning of the body. The mothers who attend the medical inspection of their children sometimes complain that they have difficulty in getting the children to eat. |
bc49a65d-6ab2-4ca5-9588-44a6b7b61e0c | On examination in several cases it was found 102 that these children had extensive dental caries, so that the nerves of the teeth were exposed. The children probably discovered that eating was always associated with toothache; to avoid pain, the affected side of the mouth would be used as little as possible, and in this way the food which collects undisturbed around the teeth still further aids the process of decay. In many cases the removal of enlarged tonsils and adenoids is followed by remarkable improvement in the nutrition of the child, owing to the increased power of respiration and better oxygenation of the blood. Provision of Meals. The Provision of Meals Act, 1906, is put in force in this district for those children who are under-nourished, and where poverty appears to be the cause of the mal-nutrition. Meals are provided at a restaurant in Osborne Eoad, South Acton, and the dinners are supplied at a cost of 2½d. per head. |
1887a286-b7c5-4624-85fa-113bcc9b23a3 | During the year 1911, 9217 dinners have been supplied to 257 children, at a total cost of £89 2s. 7½d. The following shows the weekly menu of dinners supplied to the children :— Monday. Soup and bread, currant roll. Tuesday. Stewed meat and cabbage and potatoes. Wednesday. Soup and bread, plain suet pudding with syrup. Thursday. Irish stew and potatoes, plain pudding. Friday. Soup and bread, rice pudding. Saturday. Stewed meat and two vegetables. The S.M.O. endeavours to keep in touch with this branch of the work in the district. 103 The selection of children is made from suitable cases of insufficient nutrition observed in the course of medical inspection, whether routine inspection or as special cases brought forward by the teachers. |
1715f138-0146-487e-9c8a-ef674e2fdd61 | Records of these children are kept in most of the schools, and their monthly weights are taken, so that the effect of the Authority's dinners can be observed. Other selections are made at the suggestion of the teachers or School Nurse, and in some instances on the application of the parents. Careful inquiries are made by the Attendance Officers into the circumstances of the families receiving benefits, and records are kept. One condition of granting meals is that the parents must be out of work, and if false evidence be given the parents are prosecuted, and the cost of the dinners recovered. The S.M.O. visits the dinner centre to test the satisfactory working of the scheme. The hygienic conditions of the centre are observed, also the quality and quantity of the food provided, and surprise visits are paid to ascertain that the menu is being followed. While watching the children at dinner, any specially-delicate children are noticed and their names and addresses are taken. |
d5d8b9c3-bed1-4b00-80ef-e9b1e4aa0df2 | These children are subsequently medically examined, and, if necessary, provision is made for them to obtain a country holiday through the help of the Central Aid Society. On the whole, the scheme is working fairly well, though the conditions of service are not ideal, and the educational advantages of refined table manners cannot be insisted upon, as there are no lay helpers and the restaurant staff is hard-worked. In former reports we have drawn attention to this point, but it does not seem possible to obtain regular voluntary helpers to supervise the conduct of the children. 104 Arrangements by which the children were fed from a speciallyorganised centre could only be performed at greatly-increased expense. A point for consideration would be the arrangements of a scheme by which dinners were provided at cheap rates for those children where mal-nutrition appears the result of improper or unsuitable feeding, as, for instance, where the mothers go out to work and the children are given coppers to buy food at the middle of the day. |
3a22bcf0-0c0f-4b71-abce-ad169f2a302a | Dinners are provided throughout the school holidays in necessitous cases. Following on the consent of the Board of Education, the School Nurse carried out the treatment of certain minor ailments in the schools. During the year 1911, 895 visits were paid and 126 children were treated. The distribution of these cases and the diseases treated were as follows:— DISEASES FROM WHICH CHILDREN WERE SUFFERING. SCHOOL. Number of children treated. Eye disease. Blepharitis. Ringworm. Impetigo. Acton Boys 2 2 ••• ••• ••• „ Girls 4 4 ••• ••• ••• „ Infants 3 1 1 2 ••• Beaumont Park Boys 1 1 ••• ••• ••• „ „ Girls 7 7 ••• ••• ••• , , |
2a41bb07-a55c-46d8-a6e6-c46030fe743a | Infants 7 6 ••• 1 ••• Central Senior 1 1 ••• ••• ••• „ Junior 5 5 ••• ••• ••• Priory Boys 10 6 ••• 4 ••• „ Girls 11 11 ••• ••• ••• „ Infants 18 13 ••• 4 1 Rothschild Road 6 4 2 ••• ••• Southfield Road Senior 1 1 ••• ••• ••• „ „ Junior 7 7 ••• ••• ••• South Acton Senior Boys 5 5 ••• ••• ••• , „ Junior Boys 12 10 1 ••• 1 , , Girls 15 15 ••• ••• ••• , , Infants 8 6 ••• 1 ••• Turnham Green R.C. |
ec6e1936-3ba4-48e3-8f38-97994b92ddf7 | 3 1 ••• 1 l Totals 126 106 4 13 3 105 Visits Paid by School Nurse. N.-East. N.-West. S.-East. S.-West. Total. Priory 77 96 37 137 347 Acton 15 48 1 25 90 Beaumont Park ... 2 180 220 402 South Acton 2 4 23 278 307 Rothschild Road ... ... 27 179 206 Acton Wells 144 ... ... 1 145 Roman Catholic ... 1 5 11 17 Southfield Road 65 ... 264 1 330 Bast Acton 72 ... 1 ... 73 Central 88 79 2 15 184 No School 2 ... 1 1 4 Sirdar Road M.D. |
adc58c42-3cee-4d5b-9936-579c5cc289b5 | 1 ... ... ... 1 Ackmar Road Special ... ... 1 1 Total 466 230 541 870 2107 Diseases. N.-East. N.-West S.-East. S.-West. Total. Diphtheria 2 1 1 . 4 Scarlet Fever . . . |
e75b93bc-dc81-4d06-bce1-16591eb434c0 | 2 2 Measles 246 98 289 466 1099 Suspected Infectious Disease 6 1 5 1 13 Chicken Pox 33 13 12 47 105 Whooping Cough 12 3 37 19 71 Mumps 8 7 6 18 39 Sore Throat 8 6 9 10 33 Colds 6 5 11 6 28 Tonsilitis 15 6 23 17 61 Ringworm 27 25 40 66 158 Scabies 9 2 6 12 29 Eczema 10 9 3 5 27 Impetigo 17 12 16 47 92 Herpes . . 1 . 1 Influenza 2 . . 1 3 Blepharitis 2 2 8 58 70 Discharging Ears . 1 . |
894db913-7a73-465c-8953-f0ce59d4ed55 | 1 2 Psoriasis 1 . . . 1 Dirty heads 8 13 20 36 77 Miscellaneous 38 20 31 40 129 Measles contact 16 3 22 18 59 Urticaria . 1 1 . 2 Jaundice . 2 . . 2 Total 466 230 541 870 2107 106 Clothing. After carrying on the work of school inspection for four years and medically examining some thousands of children—an examination often hampered by difficulties in clothing—it seems fitting to draw attention to some of the defects found where faulty clothing is a prominent factor in poor physical development, and even minor deformities. Insufficient Clothing. Some children are found with insufficient clothing, but in justice to the teachers it may be remarked that most of these cases are already known to them, and that unsuitable home surroundings or thriftlessness seem the primary cause of this condition. |
d0aef79f-66bb-4132-9127-a1684001ca49 | On many occasions we have been impressed with the kindness of the teachers in providing or begging clothes from friends for the most neglected of their scholars. It is often noticed thst the physical development of these children is remarkably good; this is partly due to the fact that their insufficient clothing leaves the lungs and chest free to expand and entails an increased amount of bodily exercise to keep warm. Also the doctrine of " survival of the fittest'' plays some part, as the more delicate children probably succumb before reaching school age. Overclothing. It is far more common to find children burdened with an excess of clothing. Children who appear robust on entering the room are revealed as puny little objects when the many layers of clothing over their chests have been removed. |
da7be3e3-ec62-4618-8079-dfefaa5553e7 | It is not uncommon to find seven thick layers of clothing, three or four of them consisting of heavy cloth or flannel, tightly wrapped over the child's chest, while the innermost layer is of brown paper soaked in goose-grease, carbolic oil or some pungent ointment. We are told these children do not like play, and easily catch cold, to avoid which the anxious parent adds yet another layer. 107 It is not surprising that the children dislike games, as the weight of clothing is considerable, and the restricting effect on their arms and chest renders any movement difficult. When the skin is reached, it is found sodden with perspiration and the remains of the latest drug applied. This excess of clothing is largely confined to the upper part of the body, the lower part of the trunk and the legs having no close cover. Some of these overburdened children wear short socks and sleeves even in the coldest weather. |
a4f5833b-1109-4949-a772-44b4267cf4c0 | It is rather difficult to persuade mothers to leave off superfluous clothing owing to their preconceived idea that the child is " weak in its lungs " (an idea not supported by medical evidence), though many consent to give up one layer of padding " to oblige the school doctor," and the task is easier now than when medical inspection was first instituted. Unsuitable Clothing. The evils of unsuitable clothing due to maternal ignorance are found all through the school life of the child. In the poorer part of the district the children inherit the clothes of the elder brothers and sisters: small boys appear with trousers hitched up to their armpits with braces of a tight, cord-like nature, often crossed over the sternum to obtain the correct length. Small girls wear stays with many restricting tapes, which cut into the shoulders and afford the maximum opportunity for faulty position. In both sexes the marks of the binder are often revealed by the lateral compression of the thorax. |
2b06d51e-5e95-4335-b7ca-715cd878e2a8 | In other parts of Acton, defective carriage was found due to clothing which had become so shrunken in the process of washing that it was no longer of use. One small boy was noticed with a forward droop of the shoulders and very stiff movements of the arms. He was wearing a woollen jersey of most suitable shape and size, but a closer inspection revealed another jersey underneath which the child had completely outgrown, and which was so tight at the shoulders that the child's circulation was impeded. 108 Among the evils resulting from unsuitable clothing are rounded shoulders, hollowed clavicles, deficient air entry to the lungs and poor thoracic development. As regards the clothing of older girls, there is a marked difference in the wards of the district. |
5b1ef793-e289-4a80-9a75-db59cdea5966 | In some of the schools, most of the scholars wear gymnasium costume for routine work, and as this is made on the lines of the costume designed in the syllabus of Physical Exercises as laid down by the Board of Education, it is both rational and hygienic in type. Unfortunately, in the poorer parts of Acton, the old-fashioned busked corset still holds sway, with its rigid lines and unyielding form. There seems a deep-rooted conviction that girls' figures require " support," but it is a great pity that growing bodies should be encompassed by clothing which prevents elasticity of movement. It is practically an impossibility to perform drill or physical exercises efficiently with these unsuitable garments, and yet this occurs in the very schools where drill is most essential to overcome the tendency to lateral curvature produced by the care or carrying of heavy babies while the mother goes out to work. |
db65938c-5848-4c8c-adee-b41e2e12cfda | There seems to be an increasing tendency to purchase readymade clothing at the shops, and the value of timely repairs to save underclothing is not understood. Garments are either held together with a multitude of pins—not of the safety type—or in some instances the children are sewn into their clothes, which are not removed until the weekly bath comes round. (In cases like this it is not difficult to understand the occurrence of " missed " cases of scarlet fever, where the disease is of a mild tvpe and the rash has faded before the ablutions of Saturday night.) During medical inspection, it is not infrequent to find quite new garments, obviously bought to do honour to the occasion, or to save further enquiry if the bodies of the children had many. fleabites. On one examination, a child was seen in rather ragged clothing surmounted by a collar of real lace, of whose value the 109 mother was evidently ignorant, as it would have purchased several complete outfits. |
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