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An inspection of the home conditions of
persons suffering from Tuberculosis is carried out
either by the Public Health Department or the
Tuberculosis Department of the Surrey County
Council, with a view to improving the conditions
and to mitigate the risk of infection to other members
of the household concerned. The Surrey
County Council makes all arrangements for the
provision of sanatorium and hospital treatment.
During the year a survey of the home
conditions of persons on the tuberculosis register
was undertaken by this Department and a report
submitted to the Housing Committee. In the
majority of cases the housing conditions were found
to be satisfactory and where any insufficiency
existed, alternative accommodation in Council
houses was offered to the families concerned.
Measles.
Measles is not a notifiable infectious disease in
Surbiton and no accurate records of the number of
cases are kept. The Head masters and mistresses
notify the cases occurring in the Schools.
The Tolworth Isolation Hospital now takes in
complicated cases of measles.

Ophthalmia Neonatorum is a purulent discharge
from the eyes within twenty-one days of
birth.