London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Tottenham 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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The following cases were voluntarily notified by Teachers and Attendance Officers during the year:-
| Measles (and Contacts) | 774 | St. Vitus Dance | 40 |
| Chicken Pox | 632 | Discharging Ears | 10 |
| Whooping Cough | 285 | Various Skin Diseases | 269 |
| Scarlet Fever (and Contacts) | 169 | Rheumatic Fever | 4 |
| Diphtheria (and Contacts) | 101 | Heart Disease | 2 |
| Mumps | 137 | Tuberculosis. | 4 |
| Typhoid Fever | 7 | Eye Diseases | 43 |
| " Sore Throats " | 143 | "Fits" | 3 |
| " Colds " and Bronchitis | 73 | Pneumonia | 5 |
| Influenza | 77 | "Sickness" | 24 |
| " Rash " | 16 | Various Diseases | 60 |
| Ringworm (both varieties) | 341 | Children excluded owing to | |
| Verminous conditions | 45 | Disease in house | 211 |
Such notifications are of great value, as all cases of
Measles, Ringworm, and doubtful cases of Infectious Disease,
are visited by the School Nurses, with the help in times of'
pressure of the Lady Sanitary Inspectors. Such cases, unless
so notified, would not come within the purview of Public
Health work, and the timely advice so given, must be
fruitful in saving life and preventing spread of infection.
I should like to express my appreciation of the way in
which all the members of the Public Health Staff have cooperated
in every way to promote the sanitation of the
Schools and the health of the scholars.