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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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Public Health Act,1916 , Section 176
No. action Neonatatorum
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
| CASES | Vision unim- paired | Vision im-paired | Total Blind- ness | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated | |||||
| At Home | In Hospital | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Public-Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations .
1925
No.action was taken
Public-Health Act, 1936, Section 172
No. action was taken.
Tuberculosis
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Ssspiratoryt | Nori-Respiratory | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| 25 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 35 | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 45 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 55 | — | - | — | - | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| 65 and up-wards | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Two Tuberculosis deaths had not been previouslynotified
and the doctors were written to in each case.
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