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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
No case of diphtheria was notified, but a suspected case of poliomyelitis
was admitted to hospital. The condition was subsequently shown
to be due to injury, and another year free from any case of this infection
was thus recorded. Although an inter-epidemic year for measles, over 400
cases were notified, due to a minor outbreak during the summer months.
Notifications of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were fewer than in 1967
and the number of deaths markedly reduced.
For detailed tables of communicable diseases see Appendix page 126.