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Tottenham 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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MOTOR AMBULANCE SERVICE, 1924.

No. of Cases.Mileage.Receipts from Paying Cases.
Surgical.Defective Children.
£s.d.
January6003262,7761336
February6643742,82318113
March6633642,9461380
April6802622,77719130
May5555292,4651130
June4965922,7251380
July6541,0963,6741596
August4651732 2271476
September5391,2653,726903
October6851,3523,9939166
November6271,3244,59315150
December5929333,9879129
Year's Totals7,2208,59038,712£16389
15,810
Treasurer's Dept.£123100
Education Committee*£219196
£506183
Total Cases to Date: Total Mileage to Date: Total Receipts to Date : 49,559. 192,847. *£3,188 2 0.
Subject to revision.

On 8 occasions the Oxygen Apparatus has been used, and in 5 cases
was successful in restoring life.
LABORATORY.
At the Laboratory, 1,771 swabs from the throats or noses of persons
in contact with sufferers from Diphtheria, or themselves supposed to be
suffering from Diphtheria, and 238 specimens of sputum from persons
suspected to be suffering from Consumption, have been examined during
the year. Of the swabs, 199 were positive, and of the sputum, 36
specimens.
Other bacteriological and serological examinations are made by
arrangement with the Prince of Wales's Hospital.