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 1919

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

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Table: SUMMARY OF REPORT.

SUMMARY OF REPORT.

Examinations at Routine Medical Inspections11,499
Re-examinations15,168
Special Examinations6,730
Minor Ailments Clinic:—Children attended4,712
No. of attendances16,429
Children Treated3,122
No. of times treatment applied10,138
Eye Clinic:—No. of attendances3,037
Children Treated1,367
Refraction cases1,250
Throat Clinic:—Operations1,112
Dental Clinic:—Children Treated1,818
Teeth Extracted4,295
Examinations for Mental Defect28
X-Ray Treatment for Ringworm65
Children provided with Surgical Instruments56
Visits by Medical Officers to School Departments501
Examinations by School Nurses as to Cleanliness, etc.111,044
Homes visited by School Nurses5,012
Children Treated at Spray and Cleansing Baths266
Bacteriological and Microscopical Examinations1,046