London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1957
[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.
| 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 39 | 95 | 87 | 53 | 76 | 84 | 45 | 38 | 48 | 23 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Paratyphoid Fevers | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 9 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 16 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 34 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 32 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| Encephalitis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 1 | - | 140 | 62 | - | 10 | 12 | 25 | 289 | 202 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | - | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 9 |
| Measles | 591 | 1601 | 342 | 1,069 | 538 | 790 | 114 | 998 | 228 | 838 |
| Whooping Cough | 157 | 102 | 176 | 163 | 204 | 139 | 41 | 70 | 78 | 41 |
| TOTALS | 815 | 829 | j 780 | 1,392 | 856 | 1,083 i | 249 | 1,169 | 686 | 1,160 |
The list of compulsorily notifiable diseases by General
Medical Practitioners in the Borough is as follows:-
Cholera Maleria
Diphtheria Measles
Dysentery Membranous Croup
Encephalitis (Acute) Meningococcal Infection
Enteric (Typhoid or Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Paratyphoid) Fever Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever-
Plague Smallpox
Pneumonia, Acute Primary Tuberculosis
Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal Typhus
Poliomyelitis (Acute) Whooping Cough
Puerperal Pyrexia Food Poisoning (or suspected
Relapsing Fever Food Poisoning).
Erysipela
11.