London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Infant Mortality rate for whole area 54.8 per thousand births.
| Medical Examinations. | Total Number. | New Cases | Number of Sessions. | Average per Session |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Chestnuts (St. Ann's) | 3,810 | 762 | 151 | 25.22 |
| Bruce Castle | 3,027 | 546 | 125 | 24.21 |
| Town Hall | — | — | — | |
| Total | 6,837 | 1,308 | 276 | — |
Children attending the Town Hall Centre are referred to The Chestnuts
or Bruce Castle, for medioal advice.
ANTE AND POST-NATAL CLINICS.
| Medical Examinations | Ante Natal. | Post-Natal. | Total. | Number of Sessions. | Average per Session. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Chestnuts (St. Ann's) | 2,009 | 161 | 2,145 | 149 | 14.54 | |||
| Bruce Castle | 1,505 | 133 | 1,632 | 101 | 16.22 | |||
| 3,514 | 294 | 3,777 | 250 | — | ||||
| Ante Natal Cases. | Number of Mothers on the Registers. | |||||||
| At the beginning of the year. | New Cases. | Total. | ||||||
| The Chestnuts (St. Ann's) | 156 | 413 | 569 | *Percentage of total notified births (live and still) represented by mothers on the Register. | ||||
| Bruce Castle | 63 | 300 | 363 | |||||
| Total | 219 | 713 | 932 | *45.9 | ||||