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Tottenham 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
The County Council are responsible for the treatment of Tuberculosis.
235 notifications were received during 1935—Pulmonary, 204; other
than Pulmonary, 31.
Cases remaining on the register at the end of the year were: Pulmonary,
647; Non-Pulmonary, 172.
The Tottenham Tuberculosis Officer has his premises at 140, West
Green Road. The days and hours of attendance at the dispensary are
as follows:—
Monday, Men, 10 a.m. Tuesday, Women, 10 a.m.; Children
and Contacts, 2.30 p.m. Wednesday, Women, 10 a.m.; cases who
are working and unable to attend during the day, 7 p.m. Thursday,
Children, 10 a.m. Friday, Men, 10 a.m.
Dr. Davies, the tuberculosis Officer, willingly co-operates with the Medical Officer of Health in the matter of keeping the register correct and in giving his expert opinion upon all cases referred to him.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 to 5 years | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | - |
| 5 to 15 ,, | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 to 25 ,, | 29 | 40 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | - | 1 |
| 25 to 35 ,, | 25 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 1 | — |
| 35 to 45 ,, | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | — | - |
| 45 to 55 ,, | 9 | 6 | — | 2 | 14 | 6 | — | — |
| 55 to 65 ,, | 22 | 3 | — | — | 13 | 2 | — | — |
| 65 years and upwards | 4 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Totals | 116 | 87 | 10 | 22 | 62 | 52 | 5 | 4 |