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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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Table: Tuberculosis—New Cases.

Tuberculosis—New Cases.

Year.Resident in New HousesResident in Old Houses.
19331733
19342535
19352925
19362927
19372934
19383822

Table: There seems to be a greater incidence of Tuberculosis in those areas which have been recently developed, and on referring to the table below which shows the distribution of cases into Wards, one notices that the greater number of primary notifications occur in such districts, i.e.,Berrylands, Tolworth East, Tolworth West and Tolworth South.

There seems to be a greater incidence of Tuberculosis in those areas which have been recently developed, and on referring to the table below which shows the distribution of cases into Wards, one notices that the greater number of primary notifications occur in such districts, i.e.,Berrylands, Tolworth East, Tolworth West and Tolworth South.

Ward.Cases added to RegisterCases on Register 31st Dec., 1938
Primary NotificationsTransfers etc.
193619371938193019371938
Berrylands54722030
Chessington31225415
Hook andSouthborough33343—14
Seething Wells44431216
St. Marks133—3210
8urbiton Hill58022323
Tolworth East34534221
Tolworth West510721—29
Tolworth South74921329
T0TALS364142202218187