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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MOTOR AMBULANCE SERVICE, 1924.
No. of Cases. | Mileage. | Receipts from Paying Cases. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Surgical. | Defective Children. | |||||
s. | d. | |||||
January | 600 | 326 | 2,776 | 13 | 3 | 6 |
February | 664 | 374 | 2,823 | 18 | 11 | 3 |
March | 663 | 364 | 2,946 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
April | 680 | 262 | 2,777 | 19 | 13 | 0 |
May | 555 | 529 | 2,465 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
June | 496 | 592 | 2,725 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
July | 654 | 1,096 | 3,674 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
August | 465 | 173 | 2 227 | 14 | 7 | 6 |
September | 539 | 1,265 | 3,726 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
October | 685 | 1,352 | 3,993 | 9 | 16 | 6 |
November | 627 | 1,324 | 4,593 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
December | 592 | 933 | 3,987 | 9 | 12 | 9 |
Year's Totals | 7,220 | 8,590 | 38,712 | £163 | 8 | 9 |
15,810 | ||||||
Treasurer's Dept. | £123 | 10 | 0 | |||
Education Committee | *£219 | 19 | 6 | |||
£506 | 18 | 3 | ||||
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.