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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

Wood Green 1934

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

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Table: The following table shows the attendances made at the Day Nursery throughout the year, and the corresponding figures for the previous year:—

The following table shows the attendances made at the Day Nursery throughout the year, and the corresponding figures for the previous year:—

1934.1933.
January423367
February418382
March546483
April423348
May371404
June522459
July417440
August450442
September434393
October390428
November278418
December391478
5,0635,042

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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water Supply.
The whole Borough is in the area supplied by the Metropolitan
Water Board and every house has a constant supply.
Rivers and Streams.
There are two watercourses in the Borough, the Muswell
Stream and the Moselle Brook. Both of these are culverted, so
that there are no open streams in the area.
Drainage and Sewerage.
All premises in the Borough are connected up to the Council's
sewers. There is a dual system of drainage, the soil drains being
connected to the main sewers which carry the sewage to a. pumping