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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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CASES ADDED TO REGISTER.
CASES ADDED TO REGISTER.
| WARD | Primary Notifications | Transfers, etc. | Cases on Register 31st Dec 1955. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | ||
| Berrylands | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 43 |
| Chessington | 11 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 77 |
| Hook & Southborough | 8 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 87 |
| Seething Wells | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
| St. Mark's | 8 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 46 |
| Surbiton Hill | 7 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 29 |
| Tolworth East | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 41 |
| Tolworth West | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 32 |
| Tolworth South | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 56 |
| Totals | 63 | 46 | 38 | 47 | 41 | 46 | 433 |
The table below shows the number of cases on the register at the end of the year for the past ten years:-
| WARD | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berrylands | 61 | 60 | 53 | 47 | 41 | 37 | 43 | 50 | 45 | 43??? |
| Chessington | 57 | 52 | 54 | 62 | 59 | 56 | 74 | 80 | 89 | |
| Hook & Southborough | 52 | 59 | 65 | 68 | 80 | 74 | 95 | 85 | 74 | 87??? |
| Seething Wells | 38 | 44 | 38 | 34 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 22??? |
| St. Mark1s | 39 | 33 | 38 | 38 | 34 | 41 | 46 | 48 | 54 | 46??? |
| Surbiton Hill | 28 | 41 | 43 | 42 | 26 | 39 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 29??? |
| Tolworth East | 53 | 51 | 52 | 56 | 39 | 42 | 48 | 50 | 45- | 41??? |
| Tolworth West | 40 | 38 | 38 | 27 | 36 | 37 | 35 | 41 | 38 | 32??? |
| Tolworth South | 47 | 42 | 44 | 50 | 49 | 46 | 41 | 48 | 50 | 56??? |
| Totals | 415 | 4.20 | 425 | 424 | 388 | 398 | 434 | 452 | 446 | 433??? |
Public Health (prevention of Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1925.
It was not necessary to take any action under these regulations
during the year.
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 172
No action was taken under this Section.
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