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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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NOTIFICATION OP INFECTIOUS DISEASES DURING THE YEARS ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1939 to 1948.
| 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 3 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | - | - |
| Scarlet fever | 24 | 60 | 24 | 80 | 299 | 149 | 45 | 38 | 31 | 39 |
| Enteric fever | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | - | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 37 | 45 | 46 | 14 | 34 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | - | 17 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 4 | - | 1 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Measles | 1 | 839 | 327 | 433 | 323 | 1 212 | 775 | 429 | 170 | 591 |
| whooping cough | 4 | 6 | 369 | 65 | 176 | 52 | 90 | 48 | 108 | 157 |
| Chicken pox | 6 | |||||||||
| Total | 91 | 1,003 | 793 | 616 | 846 | 449 | 950 | 564 | 354 | 815 |
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