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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Cases remaining on the register at the end of the year were: Pulmonary,
542; Non-Pulmonary, 133.
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 | - |
| 1 to 5 years | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 to 16 ,, | 10 | 12 | 5 | 8 | - | - | 1 | |
| 15 to 25 ,, | 21 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 19 | I | - |
| 25 to 35 ,, | 35 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 |
| 35 to 45 ,, | 15 | 13 | - | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | - |
| 46 to 55 ,, | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 1 | - |
| 56 to 65 ,, | 16 | 4 | - | - | 11 | 4 | 1 | - |
| 65 years and upwards | 7 | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 121 | 101 | 10 | 20 | 67 | 49 | 7 | 5 |