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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 1938

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

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should be so much delay in getting on with this project, as the conditions
under which the Day Nursery and School Clinic staffs
carry out their work at present are far from ideal and make the
work unnecessarily difficult.

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.

1938.1937.
January427327
February516267
March702358
April435425
May526410
June466526
July578494
August431307
September539434
October538475
November531453
December595565
Totals6,2845,041

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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.