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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Tottenham 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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| Stools examined for Typhoid | 2 | - | 2 |
| Faeces examined for Paratyphoid | 2 | - | 2 |
| Faeces examined for Dysentery | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| Faeces examined for Colitis | 1 | - | 1 |
Tuberculosis.
The County Council are responsible for the treatment of
Tuberculosis.
189 notifications were received under regulations during 1944.
Pulmonary, 169, other than Pulmonary, 20.
Cases remaining on the register at the end of the year were—
Pulmonary, 584; Non-Pulmonary, 155.
The Tottenham Tuberculosis Officer has his premises at 140, West Green Road. The days and hours of attendance at the dispensary are:-
Monday to Saturday—10 a.m. .. 12 noon.
(also from May to September, first and third Thursdays 6—7 p.m.).
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| Under 1 year | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| 1 to 5 years | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 to 15 ,, | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 15 to 25 ,, | 36 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 to 35 ,, | 19 | 16 | - | - | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 35 to 45 ,, | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | - | 1 |
| 45 to 55 ,, | 13 | 5 | - | - | 9 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 55 to 65 ,, | 8 | 4 | 1 | - | 8 | 3 | 3 | - |
| 65 years and upwards | 3 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| Totals | 101 | 68 | 13 | 7 | 36 | 27 | 9 | 3 |