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Wood Green 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]

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Name and Situation. Provided by
Dental—
Stuart Villa, Stuart Crescent (5½ days weekly) The Education
Committee.
Speech Defects—
Stuart Villa, Stuart Crescent (2 sessions per
week) „
Artificial Sunlight Treatment.—Provided at the North Middlesex
Hospital, under an agreement with that hospital, at a charge
of 1s. per child visit.
Tuberculosis Dispensary. —A dispensary is provided by the
Middlesex County Council at No. 10, Alexandra Road, Hornsey.
Treatment Centres for Venereal Diseases.—Treatment centres
are provided at the Prince of Wales's Hospital, Tottenham and the
Royal Northern Hospital, Holloway, both of which are within a
few miles of this district.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The number of live births registered during 1933 as belonging
to Wood Green was 601, according to the information supplied by
the Registrar-General. The number of births registered in the
district during the year was 472. Of the births belonging to Wood
Green, 582 were notified under the Notification of Births Act, a
percentage of 96.8. The number of stillbirths registered was 24
and the number notified was 20.
Child Welfare Centres.
Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics were held at the Centre
in White Hart Lane on Monday afternoons, and Wednesday mornings
and afternoons, and at the Pavilion in the Albert Road Recreation
Ground on Thursday mornings, throughout the year.