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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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NOTIFICATION OP INFECTIOUS DISEASES DURING THE YEARS ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1931 to 1941.
| 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 14 | 12 | 7 | 49 | 22 | 10 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| Scarlet Fever | 43 | 40 | 85 | 87 | 78 | 90 | 82 | 80 | 24 | 60 | 24 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | - | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 64 | 68 | 54 | 40 | 30 | 51 | 39 | 33 | 37 | 45 | 46 |
| Erys ipelas | 2 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| Encephal itis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 17 | 4 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Malaria | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||
| Measles | 1 | 839 | 327 | ||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 6 | 369 | ||||||||
| Chicken Pox | 6 | - | |||||||||
| Paratyphoid ! | 1 | - | |||||||||
| Total - | 130 | 135 | 164 | 201 | 152 | 167 | 171 | 141 | 90 | 1003 | 793 |
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