Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]
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Notified as Puerperal Sepsis. | Maternity Deaths. | No. of cases in which temperature rose above 1004. | Notified as Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Inflammation of the eyes. | Not Entirely breast-fed. |
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Nil. | Nil. | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Causes of still births.— Atelectasis, 1; still birth, 1; premature, 1.
Cost of patients admitted to Maternity Homes £418 4 0
Contributions by patients towards maintenance 151 7 0
Net cost to Council £266 17 0
Average duration of stay, 20 days.
CRECHE ATTENDANCES.
The attendances from January 1st to December 31st, 1921, were as
follows:—
Number of days on which the Creche was opened, 236.
Quarter | Attendances under 3 years, of age | Attendances over 3 years of age | Total |
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January 1st to March 31st | 1,868 | 673 | 2,541 |
April 1st to June 30th | 2,154 | 706 | 2,860 |
July 1st to September 30th | 1,665 | 436 | 2,101 |
October 1st to December 31st | 1,823 | 616 | 2,439 |
7,510 | 2,431 | 9,941 |
Average daily attendance, 42.