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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Facilities available to Householders
The following information is given regarding facilities available to households:-
Hot water tap Shared 5.2% (4.4%)
Lacking 39.4% (14.5%)
Fixed Bath Shared 17.8% (13.1%)
Lacking 34.7% (10.5%)
Households not having exclusive
use of both stove and sink 6.3% ( 3.8%)
CONTROL OF DISEASE
The incidence of serious notifiable diseases during during the year was very low
and no cases of poliomyelitis or diphtheria occurred. Altogether 484 notifications were
received compared with 1,952 in 1961, the difference being due to the normal biennial
epidemic of Measles in 1961, which accounted for 1,722 notifications.
Tuberculosis
There were 53 notified new cases, the lowest recorded for this disease in Tottenham.
Forty-eight of these (32 males and 16 females) had lung infections, and the remaining
five (2 males and 3 females) had involvement of the glands in 3 cases, kidney in 1 case
andgenito urinary tract in the other case. There were only five deaths from this disease.
Distribution of New Tuberculosis Cases and Deaths in 1962
| Age Groups | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-4 years | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5-9 " | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 10-14 " | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 15-19 " | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20-24 " | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 25-29 " | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30-34 " | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 35-39 " | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 40-44 " | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45-49" | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50-54 " | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 55-59 " | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 60-64 " | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 65-69 " | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | |
| 70-74 " | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 75 years and over | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 32 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | - |