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Surbiton 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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The Clerk to the Tolworth Joint Hospital District Board has kindly supplied me with
the following figures for 1939:
Analysis of Patients Admitted to the Tolworth Isolation Hospital for the Year Ended
31st December, 1939.
| Population | Diphtheria | Scarlet Fever | Typhoid | Measles | Other Diseases | Total | Percentage of Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surbiton | 49,607 | 7 | 22 | 3 | — | 22 | 54 | 0.108 |
| Maiden | 39,000 | 4 | 92 | — | — | 48 | 144 | 0.369 |
| Esher | 48,837 | 8 | 63 | — | — | 30 | 101 | 0.206 |
| Paying patients (admitted from outside of the Constituent Districts) | _ | 3 | 2 | _ | 11 | 16 | _ | |
| 19 | 180 | 5 | 111 | 315 | ||||
You will notice that the number of cases admitted to the Isolation Hospital in Surbiton is very satisfactory
as compared with the other Districts.