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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
Surbiton 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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Case rate of attack per 1,000 of the population of certain infectious diseases in this district and in England and Wales (Smaller towns).
| Disease. | Case rale per 1,000 living. | |
|---|---|---|
| Surbition. | England and Wales (Smaller Towns). | |
| Small-pox | — | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.72 | 2.58 |
| Diphtheria | 0.13 | 1.53 |
| Enteric Fever | — | 0.04 |
| Erysipelas | 0.19 | 0.39 |
| Pneumonia | 0.70 | 0.98 |
| Case rate per 1,000 total births. | ||
| Disease. | Surbiton. | England and Wales (Smaller Towns). |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 929 | 12 51 |
Notifiable Diseases during the Year.
| Diseasse. | Total Cases Notified. | Cases admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 80 | 77 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 33 | 10 | 25 |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 4 | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 2 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 8 | 6 | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | — |
* Including inward transferable deaths occurring outside the district which
are not included in total cases notified.