[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]

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GENERAL SANITARY WORK. The work of the male Sanitary Inspectors is epitomised and subjoined.

	Harringay Ward (Mr. Redston)	West Green Ward (Mr. West)	St. Ann's Ward (Mr. Smith)	High Cross Ward (Mr. Portman)	Middle Ward (Mr. Miller)	Lower Ward (Mr. Shillito)

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Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Premises.	Number of
Premises.	Inspections	Written Notices		Prosecutions

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2.— Defects Found.

Particulars	No. of Defects			No. of Prosecutions
Particulars	Found	Remedied	Referred to H.M. Inspector	No. of Prosecutions

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3. —Home Work.

OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107.									Number of Insp?ctions of Outworkers' premises.	Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108.			Outwork in Infected Premises, Sections 109, 110.
Nature of Work	Lists received from Employers.				Number of Addresses of Outworkers received from other Councils.	Number of Addresses of Outworkers forwarded to other Councils.	Prosecutions			Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108.			Outwork in Infected Premises, Sections 109, 110.
	Lists received from Employers.						Failing to keep or permit inspection of Lists.	Failing to send Lists.		Instances.	Notices served.	Prosecutions.	Instances.	Orders made (Sec. 109).	Prosecutions (Sees. 109. 110).
	Twice in the year.		Once in the year.
	Lists.	Outworkers.	Lists.	Outworkers.
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15

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4.— Registered Workshops.

Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the year	Number

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Voluntary Notifications. — The following cases were voluntarily notified by teachers and attendance officers during the year:—

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Convalescent-Home Treatment. — During the year 282 children were sent away for varying periods, namely:—

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The following table gives particulars of the affections on account of which children received convalescent treatment:—

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T able I.— N umber of Children I nspected 1 st J anuary, 1921. to 31 st D ecember, 1921. A.— Routine Medical Inspection.

Age.								Entrants.
Age.		4.		5.			6.			Other Ages.			Total.

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B.— S pecial Inspections.

	Special Cases.	Re-Examinations.

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T^ble II.— Return of Depects found in the course of Medical Inspection in 1921.

Defect or Disease.		Routine Inspections.		Specials.
Defect or Disease.		Number referred for Treatment.	Number requiring to be kept under Observation, but not referred for Treatment.	Number referred for Treatment.	Number requiring to1 be kept under Observation, but not referred for Treatment.
(1)		(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

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Table III,— Numerical Return of All Exceptional Children in the Area in 1921.

			Boys	Girls	Total

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Table III.— N umerical Return of A ll E xceptional C hildren in the A rea in 1921.— Continued.

			Boy's	Girls	Total

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T able IV.— T reatment of D efects of C hildren during 1921 A.— Treatment of Minor Ailments.

Disease or Defect.	Number of Children.
	Referred for Treatment	Treated.
	Referred for Treatment	Under Local Education Authority's Scheme.	Otherwise.	Total.

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A. 1.— Miscellaneous Defects.

Disease or Defect.	Number of Children.
	Referred for Treatment.	Treated.
	Referred for Treatment.	Under Local Education Authority's Scheme.	Otherwise.	Total.

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B.— Treatment of Visual Defect.

Referred for Refrac tion.	Submitted to Refraction.				For whom Glasses were Prescribed	For whom Glasses were Provided.	Recommended for Treatment other than by Glasses.	Received other Forms of Treatment.	F or whom no Treatment was considered necessary.
Referred for Refrac tion.	Under Local Education Authority's Scheme Clinic or Hospital	By Private Practitioner or Hospital	Otherwise.	Total.	For whom Glasses were Prescribed	For whom Glasses were Provided.	Recommended for Treatment other than by Glasses.	Received other Forms of Treatment.	F or whom no Treatment was considered necessary.

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C.— Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. (Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids).

Referred for Treatment.	Number of Children.
	Received Operative Treatment.			Received other Forms of Treatment.
	Under Local Education Authority's Scheme— Clinic or Hospital.	By Private Practitioner or Hospital.	Total.	Received other Forms of Treatment.

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1. — Number of Children dealt with.

	Age Groups.										"Specials"	Total.
	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	"Specials"	Total.

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2. Particulars of Time given and of Operations undertaken.

No. of Half Days devoted to Inspection	No. of Half Days devoted to Treatment.	Total No. of Attendances made by the Children at the Clinic.	No. of Permanent Teeth.		No. of Temporary Teeth.		Total No. of Fillings.	No. of Administrations ofGeneral Antrathetics included in (4) and (6).	No. of other Operations.		Herniation Cases
No. of Half Days devoted to Inspection	No. of Half Days devoted to Treatment.		Extracted	Filled.	Extracted	Filled.	Total No. of Fillings.		Permanent Teeth.	Temporary Teeth.	No, of Cases.	No. of Attendances.	Cases Finished.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)

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Table V.— Summary of Treatment of Defects as shown in Table IV. (A, B, C, D and F, but excluding E).

Disease or Defect.	Number of Children.
	Referred for Treatment.	Treated.
	Referred for Treatment.	Under Local Educate on Authority's Scheme.	Otherwise.	Total.

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T able VI.— S ummary relating to C hildren medically inspected at the R outine I npections during the Y ear 1921.

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HOME VISITS MADE UNDER THE NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACTS AND MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE ACT.

	Children 1st visits	under 1 year Re-visits	Children 1st visits	over 1 year Re-visits	Total

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INFANT WELFARE CLINICS.

	Total Attendances		New Cases		No. of Sessions			Average Attendance per Session			No. of Children on the Register 1—5 yrs.
	Total Attendances		New Cases		Morning	Aft'noon		Horning	Aft 'noon		No. of Children on the Register 1—5 yrs.

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Infant Mortality of Infants Attending the Infant Welfare Centres during 1921.

Centre	No. on Register Under 1 Yr. of Age	Deaths of Infants Under 1 Yr. of Age	Infantile Death-rate

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ANTE AND POST NATAL CLINICS.

Medical Examinations	Ante Natal	Post Natal	Total	Number of Sessions	Average Attendance per Session

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DINNERS TO EXPECTANT AND NURSING MOTHERS. Dinners to expectant and nursing mothers, and to children under 5 years of age, in necessitous cases have been given as follows:—

Number of Dinners Served		Total.	In respect of—	Contributions towards cost.
To Expectant and Nursing Mothers.	To Toddlers.	Total.	In respect of—	Contributions towards cost.

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The following table sets out the number of cases treated in institutions subsidised by your Committee, and the details relating to them:—

Mothers admitted to the District Maternity Home, Edmonton.	Discharged before Confinement.	Confinements:—		Total Births.	Mothers Delivered by:—		Total.
Mothers admitted to the District Maternity Home, Edmonton.	Discharged before Confinement.	Live Births.	Still Births.	Total Births.	Mid-wives.	Doctors.	Total.

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Notified as Puerperal Sepsis.	Maternity Deaths.	No. of cases in which temperature rose above 1004.	Notified as Ophthalmia Neonatorum.	Inflammation of the eyes.	Not Entirely breast-fed.

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Number of days on which the Creche was opened, 236.

Quarter	Attendances under 3 years, of age	Attendances over 3 years of age	Total

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GENERAL SANITARY WORK. The work of the male Sanitary Inspectors is epitomised and subjoined.

Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

2.— Defects Found.

3. —Home Work.

4.— Registered Workshops.

Voluntary Notifications. — The following cases were voluntarily notified by teachers and attendance officers during the year:—

Convalescent-Home Treatment. — During the year 282 children were sent away for varying periods, namely:—

The following table gives particulars of the affections on account of which children received convalescent treatment:—

T able I.— N umber of Children I nspected 1 st J anuary, 1921. to 31 st D ecember, 1921. A.— Routine Medical Inspection.

B.— S pecial Inspections.

T^ble II.— Return of Depects found in the course of Medical Inspection in 1921.

Table III,— Numerical Return of All Exceptional Children in the Area in 1921.

Table III.— N umerical Return of A ll E xceptional C hildren in the A rea in 1921.— Continued.

T able IV.— T reatment of D efects of C hildren during 1921 A.— Treatment of Minor Ailments.

A. 1.— Miscellaneous Defects.

B.— Treatment of Visual Defect.

C.— Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. (Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids).

1. — Number of Children dealt with.

2. Particulars of Time given and of Operations undertaken.

Table V.— Summary of Treatment of Defects as shown in Table IV. (A, B, C, D and F, but excluding E).

T able VI.— S ummary relating to C hildren medically inspected at the R outine I npections during the Y ear 1921.

HOME VISITS MADE UNDER THE NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACTS AND MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE ACT.

INFANT WELFARE CLINICS.

Infant Mortality of Infants Attending the Infant Welfare Centres during 1921.

ANTE AND POST NATAL CLINICS.

DINNERS TO EXPECTANT AND NURSING MOTHERS. Dinners to expectant and nursing mothers, and to children under 5 years of age, in necessitous cases have been given as follows:—

The following table sets out the number of cases treated in institutions subsidised by your Committee, and the details relating to them:—

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Number of days on which the Creche was opened, 236.