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Details of the various rates will be found in
the appropriate sections of the Report, but I should
like to draw attention to the Infantile Mortality
Rate, the figure of 31.14 deaths per thousand live
births is the lowest since 1934, and shows a considerable
decrease compared with the previous
year.
Other items show satisfactory improvements
with the exception of the incidence of Tuberculosis.
As can be seen from the graph in this section, a
steady rise can be traced since 1933 in the number
of cases on the Surbiton register. Sixty new cases
were notified during the year under review, of
these forty-two being primary notifications and
eighteen were transfers from other districts.
Further comment with regard to Ward distribution
will be found in this section.
Schick Testing and Immunisation against
Diphtheria was inaugurated in September, 1936,
and during 1938 there was a decrease in the number
of cases of Diphtheria notified. Favourable comparison
can also be made with neighbouring
districts where schemes are not operated on a
similar scale. Perhaps the Council will consider
issuing some propaganda in the near future with
a view to the extension of this scheme, which, in
my opinion, is now proving itself very beneficial.
During the year, I submitted a report to the
Public Health Committee with regard to disinfection
after cases of infectious disease, and a new
procedure in this connection has been adopted.
Non-disinfection was commenced in November of
the year, and the scheme is briefly that no disinfection
is now carried out after Scarlet Fever,
Diphtheria, etc. In place of disinfection,