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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 1960
[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.
| 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Scarlet Fever | 53 | 76 | 84 | 38 | 48 | 23 | 23 | 30 | 24 | |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | - | - | 9 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 19 | 12 | 34 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 32 | 6 | 22 | 10 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Meningococcal Infection | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Dysentery | 62 | - | 10 | 12 | 25 | 289 | 202 | 28 | 123 | 2 |
| Malaria | - | - | — | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 8 |
| Measles | 1069 | 538 | 790 | 114 | 998 | 228 | 838 | 362 | 1139 | 24 |
| Whooping Cough | 163 | 204 | 139 | 41 | 70 | 78 | 41 | 8 | 11 | 41 |
| TOTALS | 1392 | 856 | 249 | 11169 | 686 | 1160 | 450 | 1337 | 118 |
The list of compulsorily notifiable diseases by General Medical
Practitioners in the Borough is as follows:-
Anthrax
Cholera
Diphtheria
Dysentery
Encephalitis (Acute)
Enteric (Typhoid or
Paratyphoid) Fever
Plague
Pneumonia, Acute Primary
Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal
Poliomyelitis (Acute)
Puerperal Pyrexia
Relapsing Fever
Erysipelas
Malaria
Measles
Membranous Croup
Meningococcal Infection
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever
Smallpox
Tuberculosis
Typhus
Whooping Cough
Food Poisoning (or suspected
Food Poisoning)
Leprosy (specially).
The Public Health (Infectious Diseases)
Amendment Regulations, 1960
Anthrax.
These regulations which came into operation on the first day of
December, 1960, include anthrax with the diseases which were made
notifiable by the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations,1953.
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