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INTRODUCTION BY THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
Telephone No; PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
Elmbridge 6441-8. Ext. 25- 2, SHALSTON VILLAS,
SURBITON.
June 1961.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Surbiton.
Annual Report, 1960.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present the Annual Report on the Public
Health and Social conditions of the Borough for 1960.
The Report is compiled in accordance with Ministry of Health
Circular No. 1/61, dated 31st January, 1961, and follows the
general lines as for previous years.
I am pleased to report that the health of Surbiton still
remains very satisfactory, and there have been no outbreaks of
infectious disease.
Population: 'The population of Surbiton on which the vital
statistics are based is now 64,100, an increase on last year's
figure of 350.
Infectious diseases: The number of infectious disease notifications
received in I960 was 118 compared with 1,337 for 1959. This decrease
is due to the greatly reduced number of cases of measles. Also,
there were only two cases of dysentery, and I am certain that this is
attributable to the constant alertness and co-operation with the
department of the medical practitioners.
Notificatiohs of scarlet fever fell from 30 in 1959 to 24 in
I960, whilst whooping cough notifications showed an increase of 30.
This increase is much regretted as immunisation against whooping
cough is available to all children and can conveniently be given by
the use of triple antigen giving protection against "Diphtheria",
"Tetanus" and "whooping Cough".
Such a variety of protection against disease is now available
for children that the normal sequence in the early years of life
tends to bes-
REC0LL1ENDED PROTECTION AT AGE
Vaccination against SMALLPOX 2 months
First injection )against DIPHTHERIA, 3 months
Second injection )WHOOPING COUGH and 4 months
Third injection )TETANUS - 'Triple' 5 months
First injection ) 6 months
Second injection )against POLIOMYELITIS 7 months
Third injection ) 13-14 months
Booster injection)against DIPHTHERIA, 15-18 months
)WHOOPING COUGH and and
Booster injection)TETANUS - 'Triple' 4-5 years.
Booster injection against DIPHTHERIA 8-11 years.
or some variation of this programme according to circumstances.
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