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Measles was notifiable during the first three of the six years for
which figures are given in the table. With the reduction in numbers of
cases of Scarlet Fever sent to hospital from Tottenham, the Metropolitan
Asylums Board have been willing to admit complicated cases of Measles
and Whooping Cough for whom institutional treatment was desirable.
Thus 7 cases of Measles and 15 of Whooping Cough received hospital
treatment in 1925.
The complications in these institutionally-treated cases were as
follows :—Measles and Pneumonia, 5; Measles and Meningitis, 1; Measles
(In-patient, General Hospital), 1. Whooping Cough and Pneumonia,
13; Whooping Cough and Bronchitis, 1; Whooping Cough and Congestion
of the Lungs, 1.
Tuberculosis.—The County Council are responsible for the
treatment of Tuberculosis. Notifications are made to the Medical Officer
of Health of the District, who forwards the information respecting them
to the County Medical Officer of Health.
The Tottenham Tuberculosis Officer has his premises at 140, West
Green Road. The days and hours of attendance at the Dispensary are as
follows :■—
Monday, Men, 10 a.m.; Tuesday, Women, 10 a.m.; children,
2.30 p.m. Wednesday, Women, 10 a.m.; cases who are working
and unable to attend during the day, 7 p.m. Thursday, Children,
10 a.m. Friday, Men, 10 a.m.
The number of persons suffering from Tuberculosis (all forms)
appearing on the Register is 1,053. This number may be regarded as
fairly accurate, as all cases have been recently visited or otherwise
accounted for by the Tuberculosis Officer and the Medical Officer of
Health. The declension in the Incidence Rate and Death-Rate is inconsiderable.
The Pulmonary form of Tuberculosis ranks first amongst
notifiable infectious diseases for its killing propensity, with Pneumonia
following closely and. in times of Influenza prevalence, surpassing it.