[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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Return of Houses, Population, etc., at Mid-Summer, 1927, as supplied to us by the Treasurer's Department.

Ward	Acreage	Total Number of *Houses.	Other Buildings and † Assessments.	Total Number of Assessments.	Estimated Population.	Density of Population per Acre.	Rateable Value.
							£

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BIRTHS.

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Births notified under the Notification of Births Acts:—

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DEATHS.

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These deaths are distributed in age groups as follows:—

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Table showing the Population, Birth and Death Rates, in Wards, during 1927.

Ward	No. of Births	No. of Deaths	Population	General Birth-rate	General Death-rate	No. of Deaths Under 1 Year	Infant Mortality per 1000 of Population	Infant Mortality per 1000 Births

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Ministry of Health Table I. Table showing the Population, Birth Rate, and Death Rale from all causes, in Tottenham during the last six years.

Births			Total Deaths Registered in the District		Nett Deaths belonging to the District
Uncorrected Number	Nett		Total Deaths Registered in the District		Under 1 Year of Age		At all Ages
	Nett		Number	Rate	Under 1 Year of Age		At all Ages
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate per 1,000 Nett Births	Number	Rate

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M inistry of Health T able II. -Table of cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1927, in the Tottenham Urban District, classified according to diseases, ages, and localities.

Notifiable Disease	Number of Cases Notified.											Total Cases Notified in Each Locality.								Total Cases Removed to Hospital
	At all Ages	At Ages—Years.										Bruce Grove and Stoneleigh	Chestnuts	Green Lanes	Park and Coleraine.	Stamford Hill	Town Hall	West Green	White Hart Lane
	At all Ages	Under	1 to 2	2 to 5	5 to 10	10 to 15	15 to 20	20 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 65	65 and over	Bruce Grove and Stoneleigh	Chestnuts	Green Lanes	Park and Coleraine.	Stamford Hill	Town Hall	West Green	White Hart Lane

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Ministry of Health Table 111. TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1927 in the Tottenham Urban Sanitary District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Causes of Death	Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring in or beyond the District													Deaths at all ages of "Residents" belonging to Localities, whether occurring in or beyond the District								Total Deaths, whether of "Residents" or "non-Residents" in Institutions in the District.
	All Ages	Under 1 year	1 and under 2	2 and under 5	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25	25 and under 35	35 and under 45	45 and under 55	55 and under 65	65 and under 75	75 and under 85	85 and upwards	Bruce Grove & Stoneleigh.	Chestnuts.	Green Lanes.	Park and Coleraine.	Stamford Hill.	Town Hall.	West Green.	White Hart Lane.

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Ministry of Health Table IV. INFANTILE DEATHS in Ages, Sexes and Localities, during the year 1927.

CAUSE OF DEATH	Under 1 week.	1-2 weeks.	2-3 weeks.	3-4 weeks.	Total under 4 weeks.	1-3 months.	3-6 months.	6-9 months.	9-12 months.	Total Deaths under 1 year.	Males.	Females.	Bruce Greve & Stoneleigh Ward.	Chestnuts Ward.	Green Lanes Ward.	Park and Coleraine Ward	Stamford Hill Ward.	Town Hall Ward.	West Green Ward.	White Hart Lane Ward.

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CANCER.

Digestive System:	Males.	Females.

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VIOLENCE. There were 64 deaths from Violence, including 18 which were suicidal. In 1926 the number was 50.

	Males.	Females.

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	Males.	Females.

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Mortuary Table for the Year 1927.

Bodies Admitted.				No. of Post Mortems			Number of Inquests	Deaths from Violence	Deaths from Drowning
Month	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Number of Inquests	Deaths from Violence	Deaths from Drowning

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TUBERCULOSIS.

Age Periods.	New Cases.				Deaths.
	Pulmonary.		Non-Pulmonary.		Pulmonary.		Non-Pulmonary.
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females

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MOTOR AMBULANCE SERVICE, 1927.

Months	No. of Cases		Mileage.	Receipts.
Months	Surgical	Children	Mileage.	From Cases.			From T.E.C.
				£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES.

Name and Situation.	Nature of Accommodation.	By whom Provided.

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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

Date	Name	Nature of Case	Result

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GENERAL SANITARY WORK. Hereunder is specified in tabular form the inspections by the Sanitary Officers during 1927, and the nature of the defects discovered:—

	Mr Redston (Green Lanes and Part Chestnuts)	Mr. West (West Green)	Mr. Smith (part Chestnuts and part Stamford Hill)	Mr. Portman (Town Hall and part Stamford Hill)	Mr. Miller and Mr. Bennett (Bruce Grove & Sigh. and part Park & Col.)	Mr. Shillito (W. H. Lane and part Park and Col.)

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Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

Premises	Number of
Premises	Inspections	Written Notices	Prosecutions

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2.— Defects Found.

Particulars		Number of Defects			Number of Prosecutions
Particulars		Found	Remedied	Referred to H.M. Inspector	Number of Prosecutions

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3.— Home Work.

OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107									Number of Inspections of Outworkers' Premises	Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108			Outwork in Infected Premises, Sections 109, 110
Nature of Work	Lists received from Employers				Number of Addresses of Outworkers received from other Councils	Number of Addresses of Outworkers forwarded to other Councils	Prosecutions			Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108			Outwork in Infected Premises, Sections 109, 110
	Twice in the year		Once in the year				Falling to keep or permit inspection of Lists	Failing to send Lists		Instances	Notices served	Prosecutions	Instances	Orders made(Sec. l09)	Prosecutions (Secs. 109, 110)
	Total Lists	Outworkers	Total Lists	Outworkers			Falling to keep or permit inspection of Lists	Failing to send Lists		Instances	Notices served	Prosecutions	Instances	Orders made(Sec. l09)	Prosecutions (Secs. 109, 110)
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15

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4.—Registered Workshops.

Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year	Number

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5.—Other Matters.

Class		Number

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FOOD AND DRUGS. I am obliged to the County Council (who are the authority for administering the provisions of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875), for the following information respecting samples taken in Tottenham:—

Name of Article.	Samples
	Taken.	Found Adulterated.

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Name of Article	Samples
	Taken	Found Adulterated

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New Houses and Tenements erected during the Year.

	Houses.	Flats and Tenements.	Lock-up Shops.

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Voluntary Notifications. —Teachers, attendance officers, and others gave intimation of the occurrence of the following diseases:-

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Dr. Friel has furnished the following table and report in relation to Otorrhæa cases dealt with at the Aural Clinic:—

Cause of Suppuration.	Total	Cured.	Lost sight of.	Still under treatment .	Needing hospital

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There is now no waiting list and any case of acute otorrhæa can be seen and treated as soon as notified, thus:—

Year.	Number of ears treated.	Number acute.

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The Committee first gave assistance to School Journeys in 1920. Since that time they have made the following grants:—

Year.	Amount Sanctioned.	Amount Spent.

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Convalescent Home Treatment. —During the year, 370 children were sent away for varying periods, namely:—

No. of weeks	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12

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The following table gives the conditions on account of which children received convalescent treatment:—

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Thus there are 45 children boardied outside the district, in Residential Schools, as follows:—

Defects.	Residential Institutions.

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Table I.—Number of Pupils inspected 1st January, 1927, to 31st December, 1927.

Ages	Routine Inspections									Total
Ages	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total

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Table II.—Return of Defects found in the course of Medical Inspection in 1927.

	Defect or Disease (1)	(2) Number referred for Treatment	{3}Number requiring to be kept under Obser-vation, but not referred for Treatment.

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Table IV.—Treatment of Defects of Pupils during 1927. Group I.—Treatment of Minor Ailments.

Disease or Defect.	Number of Defects Treated, or under Treatment during the Year.
Disease or Defect.	Under Local Education Authority's Scheme.	Other wise.	Total

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Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint ( excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.

Defect or Disease. (1)	No. of Defects dealt with.
Defect or Disease. (1)	Under the Authority's Scheme. (2)	Submitted to refraction by private practitioner or at hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. (3)	Otherwise. (4)	Total. (5)

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Group III.—Treatment of Defects ok Nose and Throat. Number of Defects.

Received Operative Treatment.			Received other forms of Treatment.	Total Number treated.
Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital.	By Private Practitioner or Hospital apart from the Auth-oritv's Scheme.	Total	Received other forms of Treatment.	Total Number treated.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

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Group IV.—D ental D efects

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Table I,—Number of Children Inspected 1st January, 1927, to 31st December, 1927.

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T able II. A.—Return of D efects found by Medical I nspection in the Year ended 31st D ecember, 1927.

Defect or Disease.	Routine Inspections.		Special Inspections.
	No. of Defects.		No. of Defects.
	Requiring Treatment.	Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment	Requiring Treatment.	Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

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Table II.—. continued. B. Number of individual children found at Routine Medical Inspection to Require Treatment (excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).

Group	Number of Children		Percentage of Children found to require Treatment.
Group	Inspected	Found to require Treatment	Percentage of Children found to require Treatment.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

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T able III.—R eturn of all E xceptional C hildren in the A rea.

—	—		Boys	Girls	Total

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TABLE III.— continued.

—	—	—	Boys	Girls	Total

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Table IV.—Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1927. TREATMENT TABLE. Group I .— Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V).

Disease or Defect	Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year.
Disease or Defect	Under the Authority's Scheme	Otherwise	Total
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

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Group 11.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).

Defect or Disease	No. of Defects dealt with
Defect or Disease	Under the Authority's Scheme	Submitted to refraction by private practitioner or at hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme	Otherwise	Total
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

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Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.

Number of Defects
Received Operative Treatment			Received other forms of Treatment	Total Number treated
Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital	By Private Practitoner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme	Total	Received other forms of Treatment	Total Number treated
(D	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

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TABLE IV.— continued. Group IV.—Dental Defects.

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BIRTHS, 1927. LIVE BIRTHS.

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As the result of the Health Visitors' enquiries, it was ascertained that the infants have been fed as follows:—

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HOME VISITS MADE UNDER THE NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACTS AND MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE ACT.

	Children under 1 year		Children over 1 year		Total
	1st Visits	Re-visits	1st Visits	Revisits	Total

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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—5yrs.
	Total Attendances		New Cases	Morning		Aft'noon		Morning	Aft'noon		No. of Children on the Register 1—5yrs.

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Infant Mortality of Infants Attending the Infant Welfare Centres during 1927

Centre	1927 Births.		Infantile Death-rate
Centre	No. on Register	Deaths of Infants	Infantile Death-rate

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ANTE AND POST NATAL CLINICS.

Medical Examinations	Ante Natal	Post Natal	Total	Number of Sessions	Average Attendance per Session

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The following table sets out the number of cases subsidised by your Committee, treated in this Institution and the Mothers' Hospital, and the details relating to them:—

District Maternity Home, Edmonton	Mothers' Hospital.	Total	Discharged before Confinement	Confinements		Total	Mothers Delivered by		Tota
District Maternity Home, Edmonton	Mothers' Hospital.	Total	Discharged before Confinement	Live Births	Still Births	Total	Mid-wives	Doctors	Tota

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Notified as Puerperal Sepsis	Maternity Deaths	No. of cases in which temperature rose above 100-4 for 24 hours.	Notified as Ophthalmia Neonatorum	Inflammation of the eyes	Not Entirely breast-fed

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Number of days on which the Creche was opened, 247.

Quarter	Attendances under 3 years of age	Attendances over 3 years of Age	Total

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38 children were sent away for varying periods, namely:—

Number of Weeks	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12

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The following table sets out the number of cases referred to these hospitals under the Local Authority's Scheme:

Total Number	Consultations only.	Tonsils and Adenoids.			Other Diseases.		Sunlight Treatment.
		Operations.	Retained in Hospital.	No. of Days	In-patients.		treated as
		Operations.	Retained in Hospital.	No. of Days	No.	for	Outpatients	Inpatients

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Return of Houses, Population, etc., at Mid-Summer, 1927, as supplied to us by the Treasurer's Department.

BIRTHS.

Births notified under the Notification of Births Acts:—

DEATHS.

These deaths are distributed in age groups as follows:—

Table showing the Population, Birth and Death Rates, in Wards, during 1927.

Ministry of Health Table I. Table showing the Population, Birth Rate, and Death Rale from all causes, in Tottenham during the last six years.

M inistry of Health T able II. -Table of cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1927, in the Tottenham Urban District, classified according to diseases, ages, and localities.

Ministry of Health Table 111. TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1927 in the Tottenham Urban Sanitary District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Ministry of Health Table IV. INFANTILE DEATHS in Ages, Sexes and Localities, during the year 1927.

CANCER.

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VIOLENCE. There were 64 deaths from Violence, including 18 which were suicidal. In 1926 the number was 50.

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Mortuary Table for the Year 1927.

TUBERCULOSIS.

MOTOR AMBULANCE SERVICE, 1927.

CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

GENERAL SANITARY WORK. Hereunder is specified in tabular form the inspections by the Sanitary Officers during 1927, and the nature of the defects discovered:—

Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

2.— Defects Found.

3.— Home Work.

4.—Registered Workshops.

5.—Other Matters.

FOOD AND DRUGS. I am obliged to the County Council (who are the authority for administering the provisions of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875), for the following information respecting samples taken in Tottenham:—

Continued from previous page...

New Houses and Tenements erected during the Year.

Voluntary Notifications. —Teachers, attendance officers, and others gave intimation of the occurrence of the following diseases:-

Dr. Friel has furnished the following table and report in relation to Otorrhæa cases dealt with at the Aural Clinic:—

There is now no waiting list and any case of acute otorrhæa can be seen and treated as soon as notified, thus:—

The Committee first gave assistance to School Journeys in 1920. Since that time they have made the following grants:—

Convalescent Home Treatment. —During the year, 370 children were sent away for varying periods, namely:—

The following table gives the conditions on account of which children received convalescent treatment:—

Thus there are 45 children boardied outside the district, in Residential Schools, as follows:—

Table I.—Number of Pupils inspected 1st January, 1927, to 31st December, 1927.

Table II.—Return of Defects found in the course of Medical Inspection in 1927.

Table IV.—Treatment of Defects of Pupils during 1927. Group I.—Treatment of Minor Ailments.

Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint ( excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.

Group III.—Treatment of Defects ok Nose and Throat. Number of Defects.

Group IV.—D ental D efects

Table I,—Number of Children Inspected 1st January, 1927, to 31st December, 1927.

T able II. A.—Return of D efects found by Medical I nspection in the Year ended 31st D ecember, 1927.

Table II.—. continued. B. Number of individual children found at Routine Medical Inspection to Require Treatment (excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).

T able III.—R eturn of all E xceptional C hildren in the A rea.

TABLE III.— continued.

Table IV.—Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1927. TREATMENT TABLE. Group I .— Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V).

Group 11.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).

Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.

TABLE IV.— continued. Group IV.—Dental Defects.

BIRTHS, 1927. LIVE BIRTHS.

As the result of the Health Visitors' enquiries, it was ascertained that the infants have been fed as follows:—

HOME VISITS MADE UNDER THE NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACTS AND MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE ACT.

INFANT WELFARE CLINICS.

Infant Mortality of Infants Attending the Infant Welfare Centres during 1927

ANTE AND POST NATAL CLINICS.

The following table sets out the number of cases subsidised by your Committee, treated in this Institution and the Mothers' Hospital, and the details relating to them:—

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Number of days on which the Creche was opened, 247.

38 children were sent away for varying periods, namely:—

The following table sets out the number of cases referred to these hospitals under the Local Authority's Scheme:

DISTRICT NURSING ASSOCIATION—HOME VISITS. CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS OF AGE. Number of Home Visits 300, in respect of 20 cases.