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INTRODUCTION BY THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Telephone No. PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
Elmbridge 6441 - Ext.25. 2, SHALSTON VILLAS,
SURBITON.
June, 1964.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Surbiton.
Annual Report 1963.
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 1963.
The report is compiled in accordance with Ministry of
Health Circular No. 1/64 dated 13th January, 1964, and follows
the general lines as for previous reports.
The health of Surbiton still remains very satisfactory
and there has been no serious outbreak of any particular
disease.
Population: The Registrar General's estimate mid-1963
population figure is given as 63,450 an increase of 280. The
vital statistics in this report are based on this figure.
Infectious diseases; A table showing the incidence of
infectious diseases during the past ten years will be found
on page 11.
The number of notifications in respect of infectious
disease received in 1963 was 857 compared with 102 for 1962.
This increase is largely due to the periodic increase of measles
notifications which were 715 for the year. A marked increase
in cases of dysentery and Whooping Cough will be seen compared
with the previous year.
Once again I am pleased to comment upon the number of
cases remaining on the Tuberculosis register at the end of year.
This figure is now reduced to 208, and it will be seen from the
Table on page 18 how the decrease has occurred over the past nine
years.
There were no cases of Diphtheria or Poliomyelitis
occurring in the Borough during 1963 and with constant active
immunisation this trend should continue.
Two cases of Meningitis were notified, one an elderly
female aged 76 ( Pneumococcal) and one an infant of 8 months,
a Meningococcal infection.
The Typhoid fever case reported was an infection caught
abroad and developed on return from holiday. No further cases
spread from it.
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