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Surbiton 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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of the 96 now cases tabulated ov rleaf 22 eases are
transferred-from oth-r districts.
The table shows an increase compared with la3t year of
35 pulmonary cases of tuberculosis, and the nOn-pulmonary cases
show .an increase of 9. The deaths, show a decrease of 1.
. •
At the. commencement of the year there were 318 cases of
tuberculosis on the register and at the end of the year this
figure had increased to 362.
During, the year 1 case was notified as recovered -from the disease, 24 patients left the district, and there were 27 deaths, of the 96 new cases it is interesting to note that 73 of these were cases first notified in the district.
| Ward | Cases added to Register | Cases on Register 31st Dec. 1943. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Notifications | Transfers, etc. | ||||||
| 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | ||
| Berrylands | 6 | 3. | 3 | 2 | 43 | ||
| Chessington | 10 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 50 | |
| Hook and Sou hborough | 8 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 45 | |
| Seething Wells | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
| St. Mark's | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 36 | |
| Surbiton Hill | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 30 | |
| Tolworth East | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 53 | |
| Tolworth West | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 31 | |
| Tolworth South | 6 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 52 | |
| Totals - | 64 | 76 | 73 | 24 | .32 | 23 | 362 |
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis)
' !Reflations., 1925
It was not necessary to take any action under' these
regulations during the year.
Public. Health Aet 1936, Section .172.
No action was taken under this Section.
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
| Treatments: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Completed. | Incompleted. | |
| Children treated at clinic | 709 | 81 |
| The division into children of school age and those under is;- | ||
| Treatments | ||
| * | Completed. | Incompleted. |
| Children of school age | 214 | 29 |
| Children under school age | 495 | 52 |
| 709 | 81 | |
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