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]
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Playgrounds.
The playgrounds at the following schools have been given attention :
St. Ann's Infants', Belmont Road Boys', Culvert Road Boys',
Girls' and Infants', Downhills Boys', Lancasterian Boys',
Risley Avenue Boys', Girls' and1 Infants', Woodlands Pk. Boys'.
School Furnishing.
Furniture has been supplied as follows:-
(a) Belmont Road. Three adjustable tables.
(b) Downhills Central. Two benches for Physics Room.
Two do. for Chemical Lab.
Six tables for Needlework Room.
In addition to the above, Cupboards, Screens, Remedial Forms and
Blackboards, have been made and supplied.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The details of medical inspections and the subsequent following-up
and treatment of children found to be defective are set out in tabular
form at the end of this report.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Notifications under the Infectious Disease Notification Acts, 18891899,
were received in respect of the following diseases occurring amongst
children of school age, with the noted frequency :—
Scarlet Fever 233
Diphtheria 156
Enteric Fever 1
Erysipelas 5
Voluntary Notifications.—The following cases were voluntarily
notified by teachers and attendance officers during the year:-