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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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Tottenham Motor Ambulance Service, 1935
| No. of Cases. | Mileage. | Receipts. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgical. | School Children. (Journeys) | |||||
| £ | s. | d. | ||||
| January | 626 | 2,062 | 5,943 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| February | 484 | 2,472 | 5,908 | 7 | 14 | 3 |
| March | 632 | 2,607 | 6,932 | 538 | 6 | 6 |
| April | 579 | 1,669 | 5,322 | 15 | 14 | 6 |
| May | 594 | 2,529 | 7,859 | 29 | 18 | 0 |
| June | 543 | 1,973 | 6,777 | 475 | 14 | 0 |
| July...... | 648 | 2,307 | 7,203 | 28 | 3 | 6 |
| August | 639 | 482 | 4,243 | 21 | 17 | 6 |
| September | 673 | 2,643 | 7,209 | 439 | 12 | 6 |
| October | 651 | 2,764 | 7,147 | 30 | 2 | 0 |
| November | 702 | 2,004 | 6,528 | 28 | 3 | 6 |
| December | 715 | 1,618 | 6,042 | 508 | 6 | 0 |
| Year's Totals | 7,486 | 25,130 | 77,113 | £2,129 | 4 | 3 |
Total Mileage to Date:
908,211
The Ambulances are equipped with Oxygen Resuscitators, which have
been in use on 11 occasions during 1935.
Number of Street Accidents and Cases of Illness for the year:490.
NURSING IN THE HOME.
The Council employ a, whole-time nurse and the part-time services
of a second to treat at home Scarlet Fever cases that it is considered
expedient not to send to hospital. A subsidy is paid to the Tottenham
District Nursing Association for the services of their nurses in tending
the sick in their own homes whilst suffering from certain types of illness.