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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
Wood Green 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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APPENDIX 3
Miscellaneous
(a) Letters to Doctors
The following letters were sent to general practitioners
practising in Wood Green during 1952:
May 1st - The Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1952.
August 2nd - Poliomyelitis.
August 7th - Food Poisoning and Dysentery.
October 10th - Vaccinia.
October 15th - Poliomyelitis.
October 16th - Poliomyelitis.
October 22nd - Scarlet Fever.
December 15th - Collection of Laboratory Specimens.
(b) Medical Examinations
During the year six medical examinations were carried out in
respect of entrants to the Council's employ, for acceptance into the
superannuation scheme. In addition, 29 medical reports were issued
relating to employees absent from duty through sickness.
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