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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
| Year. | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Pneumonia. | Erysipelas. | Encephalitis Lethargica | Cerebrospinal Meningitis | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Acute Poliomyelitis. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | (a) 6 | (b) 58 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| 1922 | (a) 38 | (a) 84 | (a) 1 | — | 8 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — |
| 1923 | (a) 16 | (c) 32 | 3 | — | 14 | 4 | — | — | 4 | 2 |
| 1924 | (c) 7 | (d) 38 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 2 | (b) 4 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 1925 | (d) 11 | (a) 34 | (a) 1 | — | 46 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Total | 78 | 246 | 9 | 3 | 121 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
(a) Diagnosis not confirmed in one case.
(b) Diagnosis not confirmed in two cases.
(c) Diagnosis not confirmed in three cases.
(d) Diagnosis not confirmed in four cases.