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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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INFANT WELFARE CLINICS.
| Attendances. | New Cases. | Sessions. | Average per Session. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year. | Over 1 Year. | Total. | Under 1 Year. | Over 1 Yr. | Total. | a.m. | p.m. | a.m. | p.m. | ||||||||
| The Chestnuts (St. Ann's) | 7,378 | 6,074 | 13,452 | 614 | 115 | 729 | 51 | 204 | 39.43 | 56.08 | |||||||
| Bruce Castle | 5,995 | 5,093 | 11,088 | 481 | 84 | 565 | 52 | 151 | 35.96 | 61.04 | |||||||
| Town Hall | 1,263 | 1,132 | 2,395 | 85 | 20 | 105 | — | 51 | — | 46.96 | |||||||
| Total | 14,636 | 12,299 | 26,935 | *1,180 | 219 | 1,399 | 103 | 406 | — | — | |||||||
| * Percentage of Notified Live Births represented by above figure 57.54 | |||||||||||||||||
| Number of Children on Registers. | |||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 Year. | Over 1 Year. | Total. | Under 1 Year (at the end of the year). | Over 1 Year (at the end of the year). | Total. | Became 5 during the year. | |||||||||||
| (on 1st att endance.) | |||||||||||||||||
| The Chestnuts (St. Ann's) | 920 | 666 | 1,586 | 501 | 1,036 | 1,537 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Castle | 664 | 689 | 1,353 | 415 | 886 | 1,301 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Town Hall | 152 | 136 | 288 | 70 | 212 | 282 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Total | 1,736 | 1,491 | 3,227 | 986 | 2,134 | 3,120 | 107 | ||||||||||
| Centre. | No. on Register. (Under 1 year.) | Deaths of Infants. | Infantile Death-rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Chestnuts (St. Ann's) | 920 | 10 | 10.80 |
| Bruce Castle | 664 | 4 | 6.00 |
| Town Hall | 152 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Total | 1,736 | 14 | 8.06 |
Infant Mortality rate for whole area 51.6 per thousand births.