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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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at a cost of 3d. per head, and gratis in necessitous cases. The children
assist in the cooking of the food and domestic work entailed by the
provision of the meals, these duties being part of the school curriculum.
| At the end of 1925 there were in attendance at this School 51 children suffering from the following defects:— | |
| Infantile Paralysis | 19 |
| Cerebral Diplegia | 5 |
| Congenital Heart Disease | 6 |
| Acquired Heart Disease | 1 |
| Tuberculosis of Hip Joint | 4 |
| Tuberculosis of Knee Joint | 3 |
| Tuberculosis of Spine | 4 |
| Tuberculosis of Spine and Bones of Leg | 1 |
| Tuberculosis of Spine and Cervical Glands | 1 |
| Congenital Dislocation of Hips | 2 |
| Congenital Deformities of Limbs | 2 |
| Talipes Equino Varus | 1 |
| Rheumatoid Arthritis | 1 |
| Fragilitas Ossium | 1 |
| Total | 51 |
During the year the names of fourteen children were removed from the register for the following reasons:—
| Scholastic attainments equal to Standard VII on reaching age of fourteen years | 2 |
| (Both these children commenced suitable work on leaving school). | |
| Transferred to Residential Institutions | 2 |
| Transferred to Trade School at Alton | 1 |
| Reached age of sixteen years | 2 |
| Medically unfit to attend School | 2 |
| Died in Hospital (Haemophilia) | 1 |
| Left District | 4 |
| Total | 14 |