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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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The following table shows the number of children, by years of birth, who received a complete course of two injections during 1956:
| Year of Birth | No. of Children vaccinated |
|---|---|
| 1947 | 108 |
| 1948 | 101 |
| 1949 | 77 |
| 1950 | 69 |
| 1951 | 74 |
| 1952 | 39 |
| 1953 | 28 |
| 1954 | 21 |
| Total | 517 |
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 1956 210
applications were received compared with 235 the previous year.
Of these 178 were approved.
DOMESTIC HELP SERVICE
(SECTION 29)
The total number of cases provided with home help during the
year was 1,781. This figure shows no sign of declining and has in
fact risen by over 500 in the past four years. As stated last
year the bulk of the cases comprise the chronic sick, including
aged and infirm, who need more or less permanent help, and the
demands on the organisation can be readily appreciated when it is
realised that nearly 1,000 patients now require help week by week.