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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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MOTOR AMBULANCE SERVICE, 1926.
| No. of Cases. | Mileage. | Receipts. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgical. | Defective Children. | From Cases. | From T.E.C. | ||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | ||||||
| January | 579 | 1,422 | 4,247 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 105 | 18 | 0 |
| February | 515 | 1,900 | 4.899 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 144 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 666 | 2,047 | 5,786 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 155 | 5 | 0 |
| April | 481 | 1,314 | 4,097 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 97 | 2 | 0 |
| May | 769 | 1,370 | 5,822 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 105 | 16 | 0 |
| June | 683 | 2,077 | 5,326 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 144 | 18 | 0 |
| July | 653 | 1,567 | 4,820 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 10 | 0 |
| August | 459 | 350 | 2,580 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 26 | 13 | 0 |
| September | 601 | 2,123 | 5,624 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 10 | 0 |
| October | 505 | 2,021 | 5,182 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 145 | 17 | 0 |
| November | 594 | 2,357 | 5,492 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 161 | 5 | 0 |
| December | 523 | 1,812 | 4,781 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 119 | 11 | 0 |
| Year's Totals | 7,028 | 20,360 | 58,656 | 150 | 10 | 9 | 1,473 | 5 | 0 |
27,388 £1,623 15 9
Treasurer's Dept., etc. £144 8 0
£1.768 3 9
Total Cases from 1915 to Date: Total Mileage to Date:
102,157. 309,329.
The Ambulances are equipped with Oxygen apparatus, which have
been in use on 7 occasions during 1926; in 6 of the cases the efforts were
successful.
LABORATORY.
At the Town Hall Laboratory, 3,526 swabs from the throats or noses
of persons in contact with sufferers from Diphtheria, or themselves
supposed to be suffering from Diphtheria, and 286 specimens of sputum
from persons suspected to be suffering from Consumption, have been
examined during the year. Of the swabs, 579 were positive, and of the
sputa, 42 specimens.
Other bacteriological and serological examinations are made by
arrangement with the Prince of Wales's Hospital.