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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Night Service
This service continued during the year to provide help for patients who are very ill or dying
and who need night attention, and so enable relatives or others who normally provide their
assistance to get a certain amount of relief. During the year two cases were served for a total
of 56 hours.
SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
Area School Populations
The school population for the Area is 10,720 in Hornsey and 17,458 in Tottenham, This
shows an overall decrease of 229 compared with the previous year.
| Hornsey | Tottenham | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Schools and Nursery Classes | 5798 | 8654 |
| Nursery Schools | - | 205 |
| Secondary Modern Schools | 3015 | 5760 |
| Grammar and Technical Schools | 1907 | 2640 |
| Special Schools- | ||
| Physically Handicapped | - | 94 |
| Blanche Nevile School for Deaf | - | 105 |
| 10720 | 17458 |
Routine Medical Inspection
The following table shows the number of children inspected by years of birth and the classification of their physical condition-
| Year of Birth | Number of pupils inspected | Physical Condition of Pupils Inspected | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | ||||
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| 1956 & later | 627 | 623 | 99.4 | 4 | 0.6 |
| 1955 | 1381 | 1374 | 99.5 | 7 | 0.5 |
| 1954 | 641 | 633 | 98.8 | 8 | 1.2 |
| 1953 | 343 | 340 | 99.1 | 3 | 0.9 |
| 1952 | 384 | 383 | 99.7 | 1 | 0.3 |
| 1951 | 1818 | 1810 | 99.6 | 8 | 0.4 |
| 1950 | 281 | 278 | 98.9 | 3 | 1.1 |
| 1949 | 527 | 527 | 100.0 | - | - |
| 1948 | 1799 | 1791 | 99.6 | 8 | 0.4 |
| 1947 | 1037 | 1035 | 99.8 | 2 | 0.2 |
| 1946 | 849 | 849 | 100.0 | - | - |
| 1945 & earlier | 3102 | 3093 | 99.7 | 9 | 0.3 |
| Total | 12789 | 12736 | 99.6 | 53 | 0.4 |