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

  • Tottenham (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1922]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    14 HOSPITALS. Maternity.—The North Middlesex Hospital undertakes in respect of a subsidy from the Local Authority to provide maternity beds for patients recommended for institutional treatment by the Medical Officer of Health. Children.—The Invalid Children's Aid Association are subsidised by the Education Committee, and in a few isolated cases by the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee, in respect of children who are recommended for convalescent treatment by the Medical Officer of Health. Fever.—The Metropolitan Asylums Board have, by an agreement, entered into with the Council in 1894, accepted for institutional treat ment such infectious diseases as they are accustomed to receive into their Hospitals. Small Pox.—Tottenham is one of the contributory authorities to the Middlesex Districts Joint Small Pox Hospital Board. Other.—Locally there are two considerable Institutions, the Prince of Wales's General Hospital, a voluntary Institution, and the Jewish Home and Hospital for Incurables. The former has 125 beds and cots and: the latter 93 beds. AMBULANCE FACILITIES. (a) The Metropolitan Asylums Board make the ambulance pro vision for the removal of infectious cases. (b) The Local Authority have provided 3 ambulances for non infectious and accident cases. 5,008 patients were dealt with during the year, and deaf and dumb children were conveyed to and from school on 134 occasions. LABORATORY. Swabs for diphtheria and sputum for consumption are examined in the Council's Laboratory. 2,989 swabs (373 positive) and 187 specimens of sputum (33 positive) were dealt with during the year.