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Tottenham 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Suicides: Accidents:
Poisoning 2 Burns 1
Gas Poisoning 5 Run over by horsed van 1
Drowning 4 ,, motor car 4
Killed on railway 1 ,, motor lorry 3
Gunshot wound 1 motor 'bus 2
steam waggon 2
Fall from motor cycle 1
Manslaughter: „ steam waggon 1
Blow on head 1 Deaths under anaesthetic 4
Killed on railway 1
Knocked down by motor cycle 2
Drowning 2
Fall of wall 1
POOR LAW RELIEF.
The following information has been kindly supplied by the Clerk of the Guardians:—
Out-Door Relief:
Unemployed : Ordinary:
No. of cases, Amount, No. of cases, Amount,
2,083 £39,218 2,244 £57,508
Institutional Relief.
North Middlesex Hospital.
No. of cases admitted from Tottenham during 1927 2,867
No. of days In-Maintenance of these patients during 1927 106,443