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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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INFANT MORTALITY RATE.
The following table shows the death rate of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births.
| SURBITON. | ENGLAND AND WALES (Smaller Towns) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1935 | 37.19 | 55.0 |
| 1936 | 38.51 | 55.0 |
| 1937 | 42.04 | 55.0 |
| 1938 | 31.14 | 51.0 |
| 1939 | 50.98 | 40.0 |
| 1940 | 35.85 | 54.0 |
| 1941 | 54.20 | 56.0 |
| 1942 | 37.52 | 46.0 |
| 1943 | 32.56 | 46.0 |
| 1944 | 29.65 | 44.0 |
PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVERINFECTIOUS
DISEASE
The Clerk to the Tolworth Joint Hospital District Board has
kindly supplied me with the following figures for 1944.
ANALYSIS OF PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE TOLWORTH ISOLATION HOSPITAL FOP THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1944.
| Diphtheria | Scarlet Fever | Other Diseases | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surbiton | 1 | 141 | 39 | 181 |
| Maiden and Coombe | — | 60 | 42 | 102 |
| Esher | 1 | 50 | 47 | 98 |
| Paying patients (admitted from outside of the Constituent District) | — | 3 | 23 | 26 |
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