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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Table of Attendances at Toddler Clinics.
Actual Attendances.
Sessions
Health Centre. held ments Re- Total.
made. New. exams.
Lordship Lane 45 767 216 423 639
The Chestnuts 44 844 211 312 523
Park Lane 51 1,162 239 419 658
Totals 140 2,773 666 1,154 1,820
Arrangements with the school health service for children under five to attend the special clinics has continued during the year. The number of consultations was 727. Children referred for artificial sunlight numbered 53.
| Specialist Clinic. | No. of Consultations. | No. of Treatments. |
|---|---|---|
| Minor Ailments | 5 | 7 |
| Dental | 379 | 454 |
| Orthopaedic | 164 | 98 |
| Ear, Nose and Throat | 59 | 32 |
| Ophthalmic | 120 | 30 |
(5) Care of Unmarried Mother and Child.
The scheme of co-operation between the health visitors and the
social welfare worker of the local moral welfare association has
continued to work well. Case work is undertaken in the home and
arrangements made where necessary for admission to hostels and
training homes for the accommodation of mother and child. While
in the majority of cases the infants remain with their mothers and
can later be supervised by the district health visitor, there is evidence
of an increasing number of mothers who cannot or will not take the
baby with them. In certain cases suitable foster parents can be
found, adoption arranged and in a limited number of cases accommodation
found in the Authority's residential nursery at Bengeo,
Herts.
Of the 144 illegitimate births registered during the year, action
taken by the department was as follows:—