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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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The Specialist Clinics of the School Medical Service for, the diagnosis
and treatment of affections! of the eye, ear, nose and throat, and crippling
defects ar© available for the child under school age.
Maternity Hospital Service.
Arrangements for Maternity Cases have been made, in respect of
patients able to pay the whole or part of the fee, with the Mothers'
Hospital, Clapton; for others, at the North Middlesex County Hospital.
The following table shows the various institutions in which the
confinements of Tottenham residents took place, and the numbers in
each :—
The Mothers' Hospital, Clapton :—
Under the Council's Scheme 52
Own arrangements 183
The North Middlesex (County) Hospital 448
Other Outside Institutions 279
Total 962
The retmainder were confined within the District.
| Expectant Mothers. | Children under 1 year. | Over 1 year. | Totals. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Visit. | Re-visits. | First Visit. | Re-visits. | Re-visits. | |
| Other visits:- Infantile deaths | |||||
The Committee employs 16 fully trained health visitors, who devote
their whole time to Maternity and Child Welfare work, and upon their
efficiency the success of the service very largely depends. The mothers
rely upon the health visitor for information on every aspect of child-