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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
Kingston upon Thames 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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The Corporation distributes after medical inspection
cheap or free milk to necessitous mothers, infants and
school children.
SECTION F.
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
The following table gives a comparative statement of notifications received during the last twenty years :—
| Year | Scarlet Fever | Enteric Fever | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | (includingParatyphoid) | ||
| 1919 | 98 | 142 | l |
| 1920 | 139 | 82 | 2 |
| 1921 | 302 | 79 | 4 |
| 1922 | 238 | 74 | 1 |
| 1923 | 118 | 17 | 1 |
| 1924 | 143 | 20 | 6 |
| 1925 | 213 | 25 | 7 |
| 1926 | 82 | 27 | 7 |
| 1927 | 87 | 65 | 3 |
| 1928 | 135 | 152 | 7 |
| 1929 | 74 | 113 | 1 |
| 1930 | 78 | 100 | 5 |
| 1931 | 61 | 53 | 1 |
| 1932 | 56 | 47 | 1 |
| 1933 | 125 | 30 | 2 |
| 1934 | 40 | 42 | 2 |
| 1935 | 54 | 50 | 2 |
| 1936 | 67 | 27 | 6 |
| 1937 | 51 | 21 | 1 |
| 1938 | 61 | 72 | 1 |
The table of infectious disease notified during the year
shows no alarming features, but exhibits a sharp increase
in the number of Diphtheria notifications and an increase
in Scarlet Fever notifications.