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Tottenham 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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65
ARTIFICIAL SUNLIGHT.
This service continued to be of value to the mothers andchildren
for whom it was prescribed by the ante-natal and infant welfare
clinicians.
Number of children treated at Park Lane Centre 529
Treatments 2,356
IMMUNISATIONS.
Number of children immunised 1,787
Shick Tests 1,544
ANTE-NATAL CLINICS.
Miss Esther Rickards, M.S., F.R.C.S., has continued in the
ante-natal services of the Borough.
Owing to the increased number of ante-natal cases a second
specialist was appointed to take over the Park Lane ante-natal
sessions, and Mr. Wynn Williams, M.B., F.R.C.S., commenced
duty at that Centre on the 12th August, 1946. An additional antenatal
clinic was commenced at Lordship Lane Centre from the 13th
August, making 4 sessions per week at that Centre, and an additional
session at The Chestnuts ante-natal clinic, making 5 sessions per
week from the 12th August.

Attendances at Ante-Natal Sessions.

Centre.Sessions.Attendances.Cases.Post-Natal.
The Chestnuts2184,4451,20597
Lordship Lane1773,8021.02880
Park Lane1232,67871642
Total—194651810,9252,949219
Total—19454498,1642,230471