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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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As the result of the health visitors' enquiries, it was ascertained that infants have been fed as follows:—
| Breast fed | 1,024 |
| Part Breast-fed, plus milk | 528 |
| Dried milk or condensed milk | |
| Bottle feeding—Cow's milk | 51 |
| Dried milk | 72 |
| Other artificial foods | 3 |
| Feedings unknown | 137 |
| Total | 1,815 |
WAR-TIME NURSERIES.
Three additional war-time day nurseries were opened during
the year; one situated adjacent to the Lordship Lane Municipal
Welfare Centre, with accommodation for 40 children under five
years of age; and one at Downhills and Parkhurst Schools for 40
children each, aged two to five years.
*At the end of the year a further three War-time Nurseries
were in course of construction. The Local Education Authority
has an evacuated Nursery School at Braunston Manor, Rutland,
and a Nursery Class at Lancasterian School accommodating 48 and
80 children respectively. Approximate number of children under
5 in Infant Departments of schools is 731, and during the year six
Play Centres have been established for children of Women Workers.
MIDWIFERY SERVICE.
The Midwifery Service was even busier in 1942 than for the
previous year; although for the greater part of the year the number
of Municipal Midwives was the same, namely eight. An additional
Midwife was added to the service during the latter part of the
year.
This arduous work has been carried out with unfailing cheerfulness
and efficiency in spite of "black-out" and other war-time
drawbacks.