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

  • Tottenham (England). Borough Council.
Date:
[1949]
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    4 Public Health Department, Town Hall, N.15. 1st October, 1949. His Worship the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough. Mr. Mayor, My Lord, My Lady, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit my Annual Report on the health of the Borough for the year ended 31st December, 1948. The population of Tottenham, as estimated by the Registrar General, is 130,000, an increase of 860 over 1947. In 1939 the figure was 144,000. The number of deaths amongst children under one year of age per 1,000 live births, was a record low figure of 23.7 compared with 27.3 for the previous year. As a result of the National Health Service Act, 1946, which came into operation on July 5th, 1948, the maternity and child welfare and ambulance services of the Borough were taken over during the year by the Middlesex County Council. Together with school health, these services have become merged, for the purpose of local day-to-day administration, with those hitherto administered by the Hornsey Borough Council, forming one of ten County Areas. The Borough health department has continued an all-out effort to make up for time lost in the war years in remedying sanitary defects and generally improving the standards of housing in the district. In the sphere of health education, special attention has been given during the year to a campaign for clean methods of food handling. I have the honour to be, Your obedient Servant, G. Hamilton Hogben, Medical Officer of Health.