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Tottenham 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Dr TAC McQuiston the Physician in Charge at the Tottenham
Chest Clinic which also serves Wood Green, has kindly supplied the
following figures of the work during 1957:-
Work of Chest Clinic
Number of Clinic sessions 1,071
Total number of attendances 28,254
Number of X-rays taken
(a) Large films 14,542
(b) Odelca films 7,441 21,983
Number of persons inoculated with BCG 268
Number of new contacts seen 1,071
Number of new contacts found to be
tuberculous and formally notified 26
The Chest Clinic Welfare Officer has also supplied the
following return of patients assisted during the year In
addition to obtaining assistance from statutory bodies, the
Welfare Officer has been instrumental in obtaining help for
patients from many voluntary organisations
Summary of Work of Chest Clinic Welfare Officer
| (1) GENERAL | Number of patients dealt with by the Welfare Officer | 814 |
| (2) EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING | (a) Number of patients who consulted the Welfare Officer regarding employment and training | 130 |
| (b) Number for whom employment or training was found | 120 | |
| (3) NATIONAL ASSISTANCE BOAKD | Individual patients referred to the National Assistance Board for grants of:- | |
| (a) Bedding | 9 | |
| (b) Clothing | 19 | |
| (c) Extra Nourishment | 48 | |
| (d) Any other purpose (ie maintenance grants etc) | 117 | |
| Total individual, patients referred * to the National Assistance Board | 134 | |
| (4) HOUSING | (a) Cases recommended for rehousing | 84 |
| (b) Families rehoused | 54 |
* The total individual patients referred to the National Assistance
Board will not necessarily be the total of (a), (b), (c) and (d),
as a patient may be included in more than one of these sub-heads
but be included only once in the total
The significant factor in this return is the number of individual
Patients and not the number of times the patients are dealt with