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Surbiton 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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PREVALENCE OF AND control over
infectious DISEASE.
The Clerk to the Tolworth Joint Hospital District Board has
kindly supplied me with the following figures for 1946:-
ANALYSIS OF PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE TOLWORTH ISOLATION HOSPITAL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1946.
| Diphtheria | Scarlet Fever | Other Diseases | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surbiton | 14 | 32 | 49 | 95 |
| Maiden and Coombe | 6 | 37 | 39 | 82 |
| Esher | 5 | 50 | 67 | 122 |
| paying patients admitted from outside the Constituent District. | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 26 | 123 | 163 | 312 |
The number of "other diseases" admitted into the Isolation
Hospital is high and I give below a list of these illnesses:-
Chicken pox
Ery3 ipelas
Pneumonia
Tonsillitis
Strep. tonsillitis
Enter it is
Colitis
Diarrhoea
Measles
Croupous laryngitis
Bronchial pneumonia
Strep. throat
Conjunctivitis
Dermatitis
Shingles
Whooping cough and pneumonia
Whooping cough
Parotitis
Dysentery
Mumps
Septic bites
I would draw the attention of members to the non-notifiable
cases that were admitted. In my opinion scarlet fever cases should
be admitted in preference to non-notifiable cases, although I
agree that certain case3 of scarlet fever can be nursed at home.
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