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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES DURING THE
YEARS ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1937 TO 1946.
| 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 27 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| Scarlet Fever | 82 | 80- | 24 | 60 | 24 | 80 | 299 | 149 | 45 | 38 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| pneumonia | 29 | 33 | 37 | 45 | 46 | 14 | 34 | 25 | 23 | 17 |
| Erysipelas | 13 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | 17 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 4 |
| Malaria | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| Measles | - | - | 1 | 839 | 327 | 433 | 323 | 212 | 775 | 429 |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | 4 | 6 | 369 | 65 | 176 | 52 | 90 | 48 |
| Ch .cken Pox | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total: | 161 | 141 | 91 | 1003 | 793 | 616 | 846 | 449 | 950 | 564 |