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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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Diphtheria.
There were no cases notified in 1953.
Paratyphoid or Typhoid Fever.
No cases were notified during the year.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Three cases were notified during the year. Two less than
the previous year's figure. All the cases were from the
Russell Stoneham Hospital. One case was removed to the
Brook Hospital.
Meningococcal Infection.
One case was notified during the year. the same as in
1952.
Food Poisoning.
No cases were notified during the year.
Measles.
The number of cases notified in 1953 was 174. One
case was removed to Joyce Green Hospital. The number of
cases notified in 1952 was 357.
Whooping Cough.
41 cases were notified during the year. The number
of cases notified in 1952 was 92.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
There were no cases notified in 1953.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
No cases were notified during the year.
Dysentery.
One case was notified during the year. Two cases were
notified in 1952.
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