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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Specimens of Sputa examined for Tuberculosis :—
Negative 101
Positive 7
Total 108
Stools examined for Typhoid 2 (Negative).
Faeces examined for Dysentery 1 (Positive).
Tuberculosis.
The County Council are responsible for the treatment of
Tuberculosis.
198 notifications were received under regulations during 1943.
Pulmonary, 174; other than Pulmonary, 24.
Cases remaining on the register at the end of the year were—
Pulmonary, 529; Non-Pulmonary, 147.
The Tottenham Tuberculosis Officer has his premises at 140, West Green Road. The days and hours of attendance at the dispensary are:—
| Monday to Saturday—10 a.m 12 noon. (also from May to September, first and third Thursdays 6—7 p.m.). | ||||||||
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 1 to 5 years | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| 5 to 15 ,, | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| 15 to 25 ,, | 27 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 8 | — | — |
| 25 to 35 „ | 17 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | — | — |
| 35 to 45 ,, | 14 | 8 | 1 | — | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| 45 to 55 ,, | 7 | 2 | — | — | 9 | 1 | — | — |
| 55 to 65 ,, | 12 | 3 | 1 | — | 7 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 65 years and upwards | 2 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Totals | 87 | 87 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 38 | 6 | 7 |