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INTRODUCTION.
Medical Officer's Department,
Town Hall, Tottenham, N. 15.
To the Chairman and other Members of the
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee.
April, 1928.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The year 1927 has been singularly uneventful. Dr. Esther Rickards
commenced duty as ante-natal clinician in April in the place of Dr.
Margaret Salmond, resigned.
The District Nursing Association for Tottenham was re-established
in September with three nurses, which have subsequently been added to.
It is in the pre-school age that preventive measures against infectious
diseases should be employed. Although measures were taken to explain
the efficacy of inoculation against Diphtheria and an offer made to
administer the treatment free of charge, the response has not encouraged
me to hope that the incidence and fatality from that disease will be
materially reduced.
Maternal mortality and morbidity and the neo-natal death rate
demand exhaustive enquiry and appropriate remedy.
The staff have loyally devoted themselves to the duties assigned
to them.
I am, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Yours faithfully,
David
Medical Officer of Health,