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Tottenham 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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there was a slight recession last year to 57.8%, and in order to
counteract this fall an intensive publicity campaign has been
arranged in both Boroughs to take place in February and March 1956
The following table shows the total number of immunisations of all age groups carried out during 19 55:-
| Age at date of immunisation | No. of children immunised | No. of children given re-inforcing injections | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria only | Combined Diphtheria & Whooping Cough | Whooping Cough only | Diphtheria only | Combined Diphtheria & Whooping Cough | |
| Under One | 76 | 1, 622 | • | • | |
| One | 34 | 334 | 3 | - | - |
| Two to Four | 74 | 109 | 17 | 542 | 16 |
| Five to Fourteen | 275 | 17 | 6 | 906 | 21 |
| Fifteen and over | «=» | 1 | - | 13 | - |
| Total | 459 | 2,083 | 26 | 1,461 | 37 |
PREVENTION OP ILLNESS, CARE AND AFTER-CARE
(Section 28)
Recuperative Holidays
The Area health staff continued to be responsible for dealing
with applications for recuperative holidays and during 1955, 235
applications were received compared with 279 the previous year.
Of these, 188 were approved, 41 were not approved and six were
withdrawn before action could be taken.
DOMESTIC HELP SERVICE
(Section
The total number of cases provided with home help during the
year was 1,623* This shows an increase from 1,499 during 1954.
This increase occurred in spite of a slight fall in new cases
which were 67 less than 1954. It can be seen from the table
below that by far the greatest provision of help is to the chronic
sick, who include the aged and infirm. Once service is provided
to these patients it has very often to be continued over a long
period, generally until the patient dies or is admitted to
hospital, and it is this factor which is causing the total number