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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

Wood Green 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]

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Table: The following table shows the attendances made at the Day Nursery throughout the year, and the corresponding figures for the previous year:—

The following table shows the attendances made at the Day Nursery throughout the year, and the corresponding figures for the previous year:—

1933.1932.
January367354
February382399
March483390
April348449
May404222
June459379
July440566
August442172
September393454
October428605
November418378
December478413
5,0424,781

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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water Supply.
The whole district is in the area supplied by the Metropolitan
Water Board and every house has a constant supply.
Rivers and Streams.
There are two watercourses in the district-—the Muswell Stream
and the Moselle Brook. Both of these are culverted, so that there
are no open streams in the area.
Drainage and Sewerage.
All premises in the district are now connected up to the
Council's sewers. There is a dual system of drainage, the soil