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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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| Resident in Tottenham area | Resident in other areas | |
|---|---|---|
| No. of New Patients - Male | 13 | 12 |
| Female | 14 | 6 |
| Total | 27 | 18 |
| Diagnosis | ||
| Rheumatic Fever cases | 12 | 9 |
| Rheumatic Fever recurrence | - | 1 |
| Rheumatic Carditis | 3 | 2 |
| Chorea alone | 1 | 1 |
| Chorea with Carditis | 1 | - |
| Congenital Cardiac Lesions | 4 | 5 |
| Rheumatoid Arthritis | 3 | - |
| Rheumatic Pains | 1 | - |
| Other causes | 2 | - |
| Disposal | ||
| Admitted to hospital | 19 | 13 |
| Deaths (Mongol infant with Congenital Heart Lesions) | 1 | - |
| Transfers | - | 1 |
| Discharges | 2 | 2 |
| School Attendance | ||
| Full School | 21 | 7 |
| Restricted School | 3 | 5 |
| Special School | 1 | |
| Pre school | 3 | 5 |
The Handicapped Pupil
A Handicapped Pupil is by definition one who is in need of Special
Educational Treatment For the thinly populated rural areas the only
possible provision for such children is residential schooling, but in the
densely peopled Metropolitan Area residential provision is an expensive
alternative to day special schools In this Area there appears to be a
sufficient number of children of junior school age to justify the establishment
of a day school for partially deaf children, which unit could be attached
to an ordinary school
The proposal to provide facilities for the treatment of children suffering
from cerebral palsy at the Vale Road Special School for Physically Handicapped
Children will need extra accommodation for the larger number expected
and for the expansion of therapy facilities following the appointment by the
North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board of a Medical Director to the
Spastic Unit, For the third year in succession disappointment must be expressed
at the failure to obtain a full establishment of physiotherapy staff
at this school
Ascertainment of Deaf and Partially Deaf Children
Following a gramophone audiometry survey into the incidence and causes
of deafness in school children, carried out in this Area and two other Areas
in the County, the County Council decided during the year to extend the scheme