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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Ambulance Statistics.
| Month. | Mileage Ambulances | Mileage School Buses | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3,490 | 1,670 | 5,160 |
| February | 2,846 | 1,654 | 4,500 |
| March | 3,838 | 1,897 | 5,735 |
| April | 3,210 | 1,016 | 4,226 |
| May | 4,032 | 2,075 | 6,107 |
| June | 3,888 | 1,429 | 5,317 |
| July | 3,981 | 1,839 | 5,820 |
| August | 2,803 | — | 2,803 |
| September | 3,920 | 1,413 | 5,333 |
| October | 4,286 | 2,095 | 6,381 |
| November | 4,458 | 1,776 | 6,234 |
| December | 3,848 | 1,252 | 5,100 |
| Totals | 44,600 | 18,116 | 62,716 |
Accident and Hospital cases conveyed 6,443
Maternity cases conveyed 450
Special School Journeys 1,613
The oxygen resuscitator was used on 8 occasions for the following
cases:—
Collapse 1
Apoplexy 1
Cerebral Haemorrhage 1
Gas Poisoning 5
8
CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis).
The number of notifications of infectious disease, excluding
Tuberculosis, was 1,930 (see Table IV).
Infectious Diseases Hospitals.
The Agreement with the Southgate Borough Council, made in
January, 1934, in respect of the maintenance of Tottenham cases of
infectious disease in the Southgate Isolation Hospital, was
terminated on the 31st December, 1946, when the hospital was
taken over by the Middlesex County Council for auxiliary maternity
bed accommodation.