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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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The deaths from Tuberculosis, all forms, show
a decrease of one.
Of I lie total new cases 29 are resident in new
houses and 34 in old.
At the commencement of the year there were
141 cases of Tuberculosis on the register and at the
close of the year the figure was 159. During the
year 8 cases were removed from the register owing
to recovery, and 39 left the district or died. Sixtythree
new cases were added to the register. Of the
63 new cases it is interesting to note that 41 of these
were new eases first notified in this district.
Graph showing number of cases of Tuberculosis
on the Register, 1927-1937:—