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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

Edmonton 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: A motor ambulance is housed at the Fire Station and run by the Brigade ; the following figures given by the Superintendent show the extent to which it has been used during 1925.

A motor ambulance is housed at the Fire Station and run by the Brigade ; the following figures given by the Superintendent show the extent to which it has been used during 1925.

Surgical and private cases1,072
Illness in Street and Accident219
Maternity Cases106
Adenoids and Clinic cases322
Parents' urgent visits to Isolation Hospital71
Total cases removed1,790

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The school clinic cases are children brought home from the North
Middlesex Hospital after the operation for the removal of tonsils and adenoids.
A school nurse accompanies the patients home.

Table: CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES.

CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES.

Situation.Accommodation.Authority.
Maternity and Child WelfareBrookfield House, adjoining the Town HallFive sessions weekly, including one antenatal sessionEdmonton Council.
Maternity and Child WelfareAt the School Clinic, Pymmes ParkOne dental session weeklyEdmonton Council.
Day NurseryFore Street30 childrenPrivate.
School ClinicPymmes ParkMinor Ailments; Dental, OphthalmicEdmonton Education Committee.
School ClinicHoundsfield Road SchoolMinor AilmentsEdmonton Education Committee.
TuberculosisSilver Street, EdmontonDispensaryMiddlesex County Council.
Venereal DiseasePrince of Wales' Hospital, Tottenham, and many London Hospitals—Middlesex County Council.