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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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Cases remaining on the register at the end of the year were: Pulmonary,
557; Non-Pulmonary, 137.
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 oases referred to him.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | NonPulmonary. | Pulmonary. | NonPulmonary. | |||||
| Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| Under 1 year | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — |
| 1 to 5 years | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 5 to 15 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 15 to 25 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 to 35 | 17 | 16 | — | 2 | 7 | 12 | — | — |
| 35 to 45 | 21 | 14 | — | — | 9 | 5 | — | — |
| 45 to 55 | 17 | 4 | — | — | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 to 65 | 14 | 4 | — | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 65 years and upwards | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 106 | 72 | 14 | 20 | 63 | 34 | 4 | 4 |