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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Faeces: Total Specimens 273
Salmonella 25
Protozoa 19
Negative 229
Sputum: Total Specimens 14
T. B„ Smear 1
Other Organisms 5
Negative 8
Pertussis: Total Specimens 59
Post-nasal Swabs 5
Negative 54
Ice Cream: Total Specimens 41
Water from Swimming Pools: Total Specimens 3
Miscellaneous Specimens 601
Total number of Specimens 2,106
National Assistance Act, 1948: Section 50: Burials.
During the year it was necessary to arrange six burials where
deaths occurred, and no suitable arrangements for burial would otherwise
have been made.