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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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Food Poisoning.
No case was notified during the year.
Measles.
The number of cases notified in 1955 was 816. Two
cases were removed to Joyce Green Hospital. The number
of cases notified in 1954 was 8.
Whooping Cough.
44 cases were notified during the year. The number of
cases notified in 1954 was 238.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
There were three cases notified in 1955. Two of these
were Paralytic cases and all were treated in hospital.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
No cases were notified during the year.
Dysentery.
No case was notified during the year.
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