London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]
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utilise their small incomes to the best advantage. The
School has now received the official recognition of the Board
of Education, and a grant in respect of it may be expected.
It is with gratitude that we have to acknowledge the
substantial help received from the Women's Imperial Health
Association, but for whose assistance it would be impossible
for the work to be carried on to its present extent. if at all.
The annual amount we have received from that Association
is £50, which goes far to pay the outlay in connection with
the maintenance of the buildings wherein the mothers' classes
are held and dinners dispensed.
The following is a short resume of the work of the female staff in so far as it relates to infants :—
| Visits paid in connection with the | ||
| Notification of Births Act | 2,149 | |
| Re-visits | 491 | |
| Babies Weighed | 3,164 | |
| Particulars of Infant Feeding :— | ||
| Babies entirely breast fed | 1,387 | |
| Babies partly breast fed and partly hand fed :— | ||
| Breast and Cows Milk | 43 | |
| Breast and Nestle „ | 29 | |
| Breast and Other Foods | 19 | |
| — | 91 | |
| Babies entirely hand fed :— | ||
| Cows Milk or Glaxo | 91 | |
| Nestles Milk | 72 | |
| Other Foods | 15 | |
| — | 178 | |