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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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Notification of Infectious Diseases during the Years 1929 to 1939.
| 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 31 | 40 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 49 | 22 | 10 | 27 | 6 | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 82 | 89 | 43 | 40 | 85 | 87 | 78 | 90 | 82 | 80 | 24 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| Pneumonia | 46 | 64 | 64 | 68 | 54 | 40 | 30 | 51 | 39 | 33 | 37 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 6 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| Measles | 1 | ||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 4 | ||||||||||
| Total | 172 | 208 | 130 | 135 | 164 | 201 | 152 | 167 | 171 | 141 | 90 |
The interesting point to be gathered from the table is the tremendous
falling off of cases of notifiable infectious diseases.