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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
Wood Green 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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APPENDIX 4.
Miscellaneous
(a) Letters to Doctors
The following letters were sent to general practitioners
practising in Wood Green during 1953:
June Notifying case of poliomyelitis
July do.
August do.
August do.
August do.
August 6th Admission to Hospital of Cases of
Infectious Disease
August 7th Holiday arrangements
October 22nd Mass Radiography
December Collection of Laboratory Specimens.
(b) Medical Examinations
During the year, thirty-one medical examinations were carried
out. Seven of these were in respect of entrants to the Council's
employ, for acceptance into the superannuation scheme, and
twenty-four in respect of workmen in the Council's employ, for
acceptance into the superannuation scheme.
In addition, thirty-one medical reports were issued relating to
employees absent from duty through sickness.
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