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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES DUPING THE YEARS ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1935 to 1945.
| 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 10 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 90 | 82 | 80 | 24 | 60 | 24 | 80 | 299 | 149 | 45 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 51 | 29 | 33 | 37 | 45 | 46 | 14 | 34 | 25 | 23 |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethergica | - | 1 | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | - | 1 | - | - | 17 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Dysentery | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 4 |
| Malaria | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Measles | 1 | 839 | 327 | 433 | 323 | 212 | 775 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 6 | 369 | 65 | 176 | 52 | 90 | |||
| Chicken Pox | 6 | |||||||||
| Total | 167 | 161 | 141 | 91 1,003 | 793 | 616 | 846 | 449 | 950 | |
From the above, table it will be noted that there is a slight increase
in the notification of Diphtheria, but on the whole the figures are
remarkably low, and this is no doubt due to immunisation.
The coincidence of Scarlet Fever has declined considerably, but the
notified cases of Measles show a marked increase compared with the
previous year.
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