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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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INFANT WELFARE CLINICS.
| Total Attendances . | New Cases. | No. of Sessions. | Average Attendance per Session. | No. of Children on the Register 1-5 yrs. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning | Aft 'noon | Morning | Aft'noon | |||||||
| St. Ann's (The Chestnuts) | 12.211 | 74!) | 52 | 205 | 37 00 | 50 00 | 1.492 | |||
| Bruce Castle .. | 8.535 | 596 | 52 | 151 | 39 00 | 43 10 | 1 209 | |||
| Town Hall | 1,958 | 126 | — | 52 | — | 37-65 | 300 | |||
| Total | 22,704 | 1,471 | 104 | 408 | — | 3,001 | ||||
| Medical Inspections. | Total Number. | New Cases. | Number of Sessions. | Averago No. of Inspections per Session. | ||||||
| St. Ann's (The Chestnuts) | 4,092 | 709 | 154 | 26 .57 | ||||||
| Bruce Castle | 2,715 | 548 | 100 | 27.15 | ||||||
| Town Hall | — | — | ' — | |||||||
| Total | 6,807 | 1,257 | 254 | — | ||||||
| Centre. | No, on Reg ster. | Deaths of Infants. | Infantile Death-rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Ann's | 522 | *6 | 115 |
| (The Chestnuts) | |||
| Bruce Castle | 357 | 5 | 14 0 |
| Town Hall | 105 | — | — |
| Total | 984 |
Infant Mortality rate for whole area 54.4 per thousand births.
* 5 of these children only attended once.