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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The table shows the incidence of infectious diseases during the past ten years.
NOTIFICATIONS
| 1947 | 1940 | 1949 | 1959 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scoriet Fever | 31 | 39 | 95 | 87 | 53 | 76 | 84 | 45 | 38 | 48 |
| Typhpid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Paratyphoid Fevers | - | ~ | - | - | 1 | - | - | 9 | _ | 1 |
| puerperal Pyrexia | - | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 16 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 34 | 14 | 19 | 18 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Poliomyelitis | 19 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 8 | 1 |
| Encephalitis | 1 - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 5 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Oph.tha lmia Neonatorum | - | 2 | - | - | _ | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Dysent ery | - | 1 | - | 140 | 62 | - | : 10 | 12 | 25 | 289 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Food Poisoning v_> | 1 | - | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Mea s le s | 170 | 591 | 601 | 342 | 1,069 | 533 | 790 | 114 | 998 | 228 |
| Whooping Cough | 108 | 157 | 102 | 176 | 163 | 204 | 139 | 41 | 70 | 78 |
| TotaIs | 354 | 815 | 829 | 730 | 1,392 | 856 | 1,083 | 249 | 686 |
The list of qompulsorily Notifiable diseases end food poisoning
by General Medical Practitioners in the Borough is as follows:-
Cholera
Diphtheria
Dysentery
Encephalitis (Acute)
Enteric (Typhoid; or
Paratyphoid) Fever
Pla gue
Pneumonia , Acute- Primary
Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal
Poliomyelitis (Acute)
Puerperal Pyrexia
Relapsing Fever
Erysipelas
Malaria
Measles
Membranous'Croup
Meningococcal Infection
Ophthalmia Necjnatorum - Scarlatina .or
Scarlet Fever
Smallpox
- Tuberculosis
Typhus
TTho oping Cough
Food Poisoning (or Suspected
Food Poisoning)
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