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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 1959
[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
| 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 87 | 53 | 76 | 84 | 45 | 38 | 48 | 23 | 23 | 30 |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Paratyphoid Fevers | — | 1 | — | — | 9 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | l | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 11 | 19 | 12 | 34 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 32 | 6 | 22 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | — | — |
| Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 140 | 62 | — | 10 | 12 | 25 | 289 | 202 | 28 | 123 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 9 |
| Measles | 342 | 1,069 | 538 | 790 | 114 | 998 | 228 | 838 | 362 | 1,139 |
| Whooping Cough | 176 | 163 | 204 | 139 | 41 | 70 | 78 | 41 | 8 | 11 |
| TOTALS | 780 | 1,392 | 856 | 1,083 | 249 | 1,169 | 686 | 1,160 | 450 | 1,337 |
The list of compulsorily notifiable diseases by General Medical
Practitioners in the Borough is as follows:-
Cholera Malaria
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 Typhus
Influenzal Whooping Cough
Poliomyelitis (Acute) Food Poisoning (or suspected
Puerperal Pyrexia Food Poisoning)
Relapsing Fever Leprosy (specially)
Erysipelas
11.