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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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The Infantile Mortality Rate is still satisfactory
as compared with the Smaller Towns of England
and Wales. The number of deaths from
Diarrhoea under 2 years is 5, the same as last
year:—one male and four females, and it is only
in this rate that Surbiton exceeds the death rates
for England and Wales (Smaller Towns).
PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
No one part of Surbiton was subject to any
severe epidemic.
Case rate of attack per 1,000 of the population of certain infectious diseases in this district and in England and Wales (Smaller Towns).
| Disease. | Case rate per 1,000 living. England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Surbiton. | (Smaller Towns). | |
| Small-pox | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | ||
| Diphtheria | 1.26. | |
| Enteric Fever | ||
| Erysipelas | ||
| Puerperal Fever | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | ||