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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 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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Table: The following table gives a comparative statement of notifications of certain infectious diseases received during the last thirty years;-TABLE VI

The following table gives a comparative statement of notifications of certain infectious diseases received during the last thirty years;-

TABLE VI

YearScarlet FeverPuerperal PyrexiaMeaslesWhooping CoughAcute Infective EncephalitisPoliomyelitisEnteric Fever (including Partyphoid)DiphtheriaOphthalmia Neonatorum
1924143--16204
19252134-37255
1926824-27272
1927879Not notifiable -Not notifiable --13653
19281359171524
1929745--11133
1930789--51002
19316114-1534
19325613-2147-
193312510-32302
1934405--2423
1935548--2503
19366719--6272
19375132-21213
19386147---21722
19396966-11193
1940456337322--3533
1941.5437331271-1715-
1942792437599---83
194311018287151-113-
194449153373-1-72
1945282340784-1-162
1946344128367-2181
194724282193835121
19483430197200-3---
194973294838137---
1950512313241-4---
195137414432221----
19522984280102-3---
19532180302126-5---

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Scarlet Fever.
Twenty-one cases of mild scarlet fever were notified,
fifteen of which were of school age. No deaths occurred
and no "return" cases. Only two of the cases notified
were removed to an infectious diseases hospital for
treatment and the remainder were treated at home.
Attention was drawn in the last report to the significant
fact that each year shows a reduction in the proportion
of cases of scarlet fever which have to be sent to hospital
for treatment.