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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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62
Birth Control Clinics.
No birth control clinic is provided. Number
of cases referred to clinics run by Voluntary
Associations Nil
Care of Young Children
| Centres | No. of sessions held | First Attendances | Total Attendances | Total No. of Cases seen by Doctor | Average Total Attendance per sess ion | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year* | Over 1 year* | Under 1 year* | Over 1 year | ||||
| Infant Welfare | |||||||
| 9 | 1.503 | 2.735 | 290 | 41.171 | 15.062 | 14.894 | 37.4 |
| Toddlers | |||||||
| 6 | 278 | - | - | - | 3.563 | 3.533 | 12.8 |
| Totals | 1.781 | 2.735 | 290 | 41.171 | 18.625 | 18.427 | 34.1 |
| *on date of first attendance | |||||||
Day Nurseries.
| Day Nursery | Number of Approved Places | Number of children on the Registers at end of year | Attendances | Number of Days Open | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-2 yrs | 2-5 yrs | |||||||||
| 0-2 years | 2-5 years | 0-2 years | 2-5 years | Mon- Fri | Sats | Mon- Fri | Sat | Mon- Fri | Sats | |
| Clemene House | 721 | 17 | 2,299 | 24 | 127 | 20 | ||||
| Ladywell | 24 | 50 | 20 | 47 | 4,297 | 111 | 10,337 | 291 | 254 | 39 |
| Stonecroft | 15 | 45 | 4 | 42 | 2,017 | 31 | 7,560 | 83 | 254 | 20 |
| Red Glables | 23 | 23 | 12 | 28 | 2,231 | 20 | 6,294 | 93 | 254 | 20 |
| Vicent House | 10 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 1,597 | 6 | 3,132 | 52 | 254 | 20 |
| Park LNE | 20 | 30 | 13 | 35 | 3,168 | 21 | 6,206 | 14 | 254 | 20 |
| plevna Cresc | 20 | 30 | 18 | 29 | 4,166 | 66 | 5,879 | 117 | 254 | 39 |
| Total | 122 | 223 | 90 | 224 | 20,396 | 282 | 47,445 | 725 | 1,905 | 198 |
Number of Children on Waiting List as at 31st December, 1950 102