London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Croydon 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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A comment by a disappointed applicant was an apt summary on the
difficult question of selecting rare and exceptional cases:-
"Fairs fair, lots of people want council houses and I can
see that those who get them on medical grounds are
desperate cases".