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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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| No. of Cases. | Mileage. | Receipts. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgical. | Defective Children. | From Cases. | From T.E.C. | ||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| January | 597 | 1,427 | 4,984 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 112 | 8 | 0 |
| February | 591 | 1,750 | 4,933 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 128 | 9 | 0 |
| March | 719 | 1,977 | 5,474 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 143 | 10 | 0 |
| April | 592 | 1,249 | 4,397 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 92 | 10 | 0 |
| May | 621 | 1,740 | 5,466 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 135 | 19 | 0 |
| June .. | 562 | 1,530 | 5,001 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 117 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 562 | 1,351 | 4,886 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 114 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 432 | 453 | 2,662 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 38 | 13 | 0 |
| September | 483 | 1,839 | 4,981 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 9 | 0 |
| October | 540 | 1,765 | 5,405 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 128 | 4 | 0 |
| November | 491 | 1,931 | 5,185 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 138 | 3 | 0 |
| December | 497 | 1,611 | 4,452 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 108 | 2 | 0 |
| Year's Totals | 6,687 | 18,523 | 57,826 | 154 | 5 | 3 | 1397 | 10 | 0 |
| 25,210 | £1551 | 15 | 3 | ||||||
| Treasurer's Dept. | £123 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| £1675 | 5 | 3 | |||||||
Total Cases from 1915 to Date:
742,769.
Total Mileage to Date:
250,673.
The Ambulances are equipped with Oxygen apparatus which have
been in use on 7 occasions during 1925; in 6 of the cases it was
successful.
LABORATORY.
At the Town Hall Laboratory, 1,994 swabs from the throats or noses
of persons in contact with sufferers from Diphtheria, or themselves
supposed to be suffering from Diphtheria, and 300 specimens of sputum
from persons suspected to be suffering from Consumption, have been
examined during the year. Of the swabs, 255 were positive, and of the
sputa, 48 specimens.
Other bacteriological and serological examinations are made by
arrangement with the Prince of Wales's Hospital.