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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
Crayford 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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| Age periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | 5 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 25 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | — |
| 35 | 3 | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 45 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 66 and upwards | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Totals | 26 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Chest Clinics.
At West Hill Hospital, Dartford, and 65, Bexley
Road, Erith.
Housing Applicants.
Special consideration is given to cases put forward
by the Medical Officer of Health involving tuberculosis or
other physical disability in the applicants' families and
such cases are considered outside the normal points
scheme.
Cases investigated during the year—62.
Applicants recommended for rehousing—13.
No . of families granted houses on account of
Tuberculosis—10.
MASS RADIOGRAPHY.
A short Mass Radiography Survey was held in
Crayford from the 4th to 9th July, 1950. The shoot
period was partly due to the fact that many Crayford
residents had already availed themslelves of the facilities
when the Unit had been operating in an adjacent area.
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