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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 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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Table: RECORD OF EXAMINATIONS

RECORD OF EXAMINATIONS

Throat/Nose Swabs:-Total specimens630
Diphtheria Bacilli0
Haemolytic Streptococci6
Vincents Angina0
Negative624
Faeces;-Total specimens433
Shigella64
CI. Welchi3
Salmonella typhi-murium11
Salmonella bredeney2
B. Coli4
Negative349
Sputum:-Total specimens6
Positive0
Negative6
Ice-Cream:-Total specimens60
Water:-Total specimens4
Swimming Pools2
Paddling Pool2
Miscellaneous Specimens:-18
Total number of specimens1,151

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Welfare of Aged Persons
The following information has been extracted from the Annual Report of
the Chairman of the Old People s Welfare Committee.
Chiropody Service
Since last year the number of weekly sessions has been increased. The
Committee now operate 9 sessions a week at clinics, at each of which ten old
people receive treatment, and 2 sessions a week under the domiciliary service
giving a total of 12 old people a week treatment in their homes. Even so,
there is still a waiting list of eight to ten weeks between treatments. In
order not to lengthen the time between treatments the Committee decided that
a waiting list should be compiled of new patients and these would be included
in the scheme as and when a vacancy arose. There are at present
76 patients on the waiting list.