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PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
General Provisions of Health Services.
Hospitals.
General hospital services are provided at the Prince of Wales's
Hospital, which is centrally situated within the borough and to
which the Council contribute annually an amount equal to a ½d.
rate. Provision is also made at the North Middlesex County
Hospital, in the adjoining Borough of Edmonton, and a short
distance beyond the northern boundary of Tottenham.
The Teaching and Specialist Hospitals of London are within
easy access.
Diabetes.
Insulin is supplied to necessitous persons suffering from
Diabetes in accordance with the authority contained in Ministry of
Health Circular 2734 (1943).
Number of cases supplied 39
Cost to local authority £187 14s. 6d.
It is interesting to note that in 1942, when the Ministry's
approval had to be obtained annually, and before greater publicity
was given to the scheme after receipt of Circular 2734, only 11
patients were supplied with Insulin, at a cost of £52 12s. 8d.
Tuberculosis.
There was a decrease in the incidence of Tuberculosis, 189 new
cases being recorded as compared with 222 the previous year.
Notification of pulmonary cases totalled 171, and non-pulmonary 18.
There were 975 cases on the department's register on the 31st
December, 1947, 808 being pulmonary and 167 non-pulmonary.
Death from pulmonary tuberculosis occurred in 62 cases, in
the proportion of 39 males to 23 females; and in the case of nonpulmonary
tuberculosis, 9 deaths were notified, 3 being males and
6 females.
The death rate from all forms of tuberculosis was 0.55 per
1,000 population, which is slightly lower than the corresponding
figures of 0.79 for 1945 and 0.68 for 1946.