London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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Services were given talks and shown the work of the Borough. Many
visitors from abroad and others going abroad to undertake relief
work in Europe visited us during the year.
| Expectant Mothers. | Children under 1 year. | Over 1 yr. | Totals. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Visits. | Re-visits. | First Visits. | Re-visits. | Re-visits. | |
| 1,694 | 2,575 | 1,979 | 7,190 | 14,283 | 27,721 |
| 47 | |||||
| Still Births | 72 | ||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | ||||
| Pneumonia | 55 | ||||
| Infectious Diseases | 471 | ||||
| Special visits: | |||||
| Mothers | 1,295 | ||||
| Children | 372 | ||||
| Total | 30,041 | ||||
BREAST FEEDING.
The following table shows the types of infant feeding and
their incidence in the total infant population of the Borough.
The information is obtained by the Health Visitors when the child has reached six months, and is based on the total notified births for the year,
| Breast fed | 1,003 |
| Part Breast fed, plus milk, dried milk or condensed milk | 677 |
| Bottle feeding—Cow's milk | 24 |
| Dried milk | 150 |
| Other Artificial Feeding | 5 |
| Feedings unknown: i.e., removals, evacuations and deaths | 187 |
| Total | 2,046 |
Care of Illegitimate Children (Circular 2866).
The present scheme of co-operation between the Maternity and
Child Welfare Department and the Moral Welfare Worker of the
Tottenham Deanery Board continued to work well. During the
year the number of oases referred by the health visitors to the