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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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Notifications of Pneumonia show a slight increase and the number of deaths from this complaint is high, but not quite so high as last year.
| TOTAL CASES NOTIFIED. | TOTAL DEATHS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT AGES. | AT AGES | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 Year. | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 and over | Under 1 Year | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15 - 20 | 20 - 35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 and over | |
| Diphtheria ... | — | — | 1 | — | (a)2 | 10 | 4 | (b)5 | (a)5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | i | 1 | — | — | (a)2 | (b)13 | (a)13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (a)4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EncephalitisLethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OphthalmiaNeonatorum | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
(a) Diagnosis not confirmed in one case.
(b) Diagnosis not confirmed in two cases.