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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
The Kingston Group Hospital Management Committee (South
West Metropolitan Region) has supplied me with the following
figures for 1953:-
ANALYSIS OF PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE TOLWORTH HOSPITAL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER,1953.
| Diphtheria | Scarlet fever | Other diseases | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surbiton | - | 13 | 82 | 95 |
| Malden | - | 8 | 54 | 62 |
| Esher | - | 5 | 45 | 50 |
| Totals | - | 26 | 181 | 207 |
The 82 "other diseases" admitted to the hospital are
as follows:-
Respiratory tuberculosis 29
Respiratory tuberculosis and
carcinoma of lung 1
T.B. Meningitis 1
? T.B. Meningitis 1
? Meningitis 1
Gastro enteritis 2
? Poliomyelitis 7
Poliomyelitis 1
Ant. Poliomyelitis p1us early motor
neurone disease not diagnosed 1
Measles 9
Measles with pneumonia 1
Measles with broncho pneumonia 4
? Measles 1
Measles, pertussis, pneumonia 1
Broncho pneumonia 2
Lobar pneumonia 2
Right upper lobar pneumonia 1
Post measles pneumonia 1
Virus pneumonia 1
? Virus pneumonia 1
Chicken pox 1
Mumps 4
Whooping cough 3
Whooping cough and broncho pneumonia 2
Rubella 3
Enteritis 1
7.