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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 1937

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

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

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

1937.1936.
January327294
February267377
March358391
April425356
May410637
June526356
July494668
August307442
September434592
October475699
November453508
December565484
Totals5,0415,804

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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water Supply.
The whole Borough 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 Borough, 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 Borough are connected up to the Council's
sewers. There is a dual system of drainage, the soil drains being
connected to the main sewers which carry the sewage to a pumping