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Tottenham 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Patients at Tottenham make very full use of all the statutory social services
and also require much help from local authority, and voluntary resources. There
is a lack of self-sufficiency and self pride in some of the patients, who know only
too well what can be obtained from voluntary societies.
Although the number of patients seen for welfare purposes has declined the
department is still busy, as it now undertakes the majority of the work deputed to
the County Council under Section 28 of the Health Act."
| (1) GENERAL | Number of patients dealt with by the Welfare Officer | 756 |
| (2) EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING | (a) Number of patients who consulted the Welfare Officer regarding employment or training | 59 |
| (b) Number for whom employment or training was found | 61 | |
| Individual patients referred to the National Assistance Board for grants of:- | ||
| (3) NATIONAL ASSISTANCE BOARD | (a) Bedding | 7 |
| (b) Clothing | 11 | |
| (c) Extra Nourishment | 37 | |
| (d) Any other purposes (i.e. Maintenance grants etc.) | 80 | |
| *Total individual patients referred to the National Assistance Board | 104 | |
| (4) HOUSING | (a) Cases recommended for rehousing | 98 |
| (b) Families rehoused | 38 |
*The total individual patients referred to the National Assistance Board will
not necessarily be the total of (a), (b), (c) and (d), as a patient may be included
in more than one of these sub-heads but be included only once in the total.
It is emphasised that the significant factor in this return is the number of
individual patients and not the number of times the patients are dealt with.
Smallpox
No case of smallpox was notified during the year.
Paratyphoid Fever
No case of paratyphoid fever was notified.
Scarlet Fever
There were 147 corrected scarlet fever notifications during the year, but no