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Wood Green 1934

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

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Name and Situation. Provided by
Aural—
The Child Welfare Centre, White Hart Lane The Education
(1 session per fortnight) Committee.
Dental—
Stuart Villa, Stuart Crescent (5| days weekly) ,,
Speech Defects—
Stuart Villa, Stuart Crescent (2 sessions per ,,
week)
Artificial Sunlight Treatment.—Provided at the North Middlesex
County Hospital, under an agreement with the Middlesex County
Council, at a charge of Is. per child visit, and at the Royal
Northern Hospital at the same charge.
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 borough.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The number of live births registered during 1934 as belonging
to Wood Green was 564 according to the information supplied by
the Registrar-General. The number of births registered in the
borough during the year was 496 and the percentage notified under
the Notification of Births Act was 96.4. The number of stillbirths
registered was 12 and the number notified was 9.
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 throughout the year, and at the Pavilion in the
Albert Road Recreation Ground on Thursday mornings until the