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Crayford 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]

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GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR
THE AREA.
Public Health Officers.
Medical Officer of Health (part time)
C. M. Ockwell, M.D!(Lond.), F.R.C.S.(Eng.), D.P H.
(Camb.).
Sanitary Inspectors (whole time)
R. Milligan, Cert.R.San.I., M.S.I.A.
F. C. Weston. A.R.S.I., M.S.I.A., Cert.S.I.B.
Health Visitors (whole time)
Miss E. B. Kiddell.
Miss I. E. Smith, S.R.N., S.C.M. Health Visitors'
Cert.
No further developments have occurred in the Health
Services under the following headings:—
Treatment Centres.
Hospitals.
Nursing in the Home.
Ambulance Facilities are adequate.

Laboratory Facilities.

The following specimens were sent to the County Laboratory from this district:—

Swabs33
Sputa62
Others13
Bacteriological examination of School Milk23
Bacteriological examination of Swimming Bath Water37

Child Welfare Clinics.
The attendances at the Clinics are considered satisfactory
in view of the day light air raids and also the
number of children evacuated from the area.
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