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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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ADMISSIONS TO TOLWORTH HOSPITAL
The Kingston Group Hospital Management Committee (South West Metropolitan Region) has supplied me with the following figures giving details of patients admitted to Tolworth Hospital during 1956.
| Diphtheria | Scarlet Pever | Other Diseases | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surbiton | - | 12 | 99 | 111 |
| Maiden | - | 3 | 36 | 39 |
| Esher | - | 5 | 61 | 66 J 1 |
The "other diseases" admitted to the hospital from Surbiton
were as follows:-
Tuberculosis 37
? Tuberculosis 4
Poliomyelitis 1
Encephalitis 1
Lymphocytic Meningitis 1
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection 5
Influenza 4
Whooping Cough 3
Whooping Cough and Pneumonia 1
Measles 3
Measles, Pneumonia and Anaemia 1
Chickenpox 3
Rubella 2
Typhoid Pever 1
paratyphoid B." 1
Infective Hepatitis 1
Acute Cellulitis of Neck 1
? Measles 1
Erysipelas 1
Mumps 1
Lymphadenitis 1
Staphlococcal Infection 1
Laryngo-tracheitis 1
Virus infection 1
Gastro-enteritis 3
Gastro-enteritis, B. Coli 1
Gastro-enteritis and Bronchopneumonia
1
Sonne' Dysentery 10
Pneumonia 3
Broncho-pneumonia 1
Pneumonia and Asthma 1
Broncho-pneumonia and tonsillitis 1
Pneumonia with pleural effusion 1
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