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There is a close co-operation between the
Surbiton Public Health Department and the Health
Department of the Surrey County Council, the
County Council making all arrangements for the
provision of sanatorium and hospital treatment.
The County Medical Officer of Health periodically
sends Health Visitors' reports to this Department
on the Home Conditions of Tuberculosis
patients, and where necessary, visits are made to
ascertain if overcrowding exists, and if patients
could beneficially be removed to Council Houses.
Measles.
In accordance with the Measles and Whooping
Cough Act, 1939, issued by the Minister of Health,
Measles has been a notifiable disease in Surbiton
since 23rd October, 1939, and accurate records of
the number of cases are kept.
Headmasters and Headmistresses notify the
cases occurring in Schools.
The Tolworth Isolation Hospital takes in
complicated cases of measles. No cases were asmitted
from Surbiton during the year.
There were no deaths from measles during the
year.
Ophthalmia. Neonatorum.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum is a purulent discharge
from the eyes within twenty-one days of
birth.
All notifications of Ophthalmia Neonatorum
are now sent direct to the Surrey County Council