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Crayford 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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Tuberculosis.
| Age periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 5 years | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 25 | 11 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 45 | 7 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| 65 and over | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 22 | 14 | — | 3 | 3 | 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—17.
Applicants recommended for rehousing—Nil.
No. of families granted houses on account of Tuberculosis—3.
CRAYFORD TUBERCULOSIS CARE COMMITTEE.
The Crayford Tuberculosis Care Committee in association
with the Kent Council of Social Service has continued to
function during the year. The number of cases assisted was
33. Clothing, coal supplies and fares to visit relatives in
Sanatoria had once again formed the bulk of the assistance
given by the Committee. This number was somewhat lower
than last year and it is to be hoped that the decrease in the
number of applications for assistance is a good sign.
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