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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
Carshalton 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 23. INFECTIOUS DISEASES.—Notifications, Deaths, and Distribution. (excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)
| Disease. | Cases notified. | Case rate per 1000 population. | Deaths. | Distribution by Wards. | No. of cases removed to Hospital | Percentage of eases removed to Hospital. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helier North. | St. Helier South. | St. Helier West. | North East | North West | Central | South East | South West | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 107 | 1.98 | - | 14 | 13 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 94 | 89 |
| Diphtheria | 15 | 0.28 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | 15 | 100 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 1 | 0.02 | - | - | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 100 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 8 | 0.15 | - | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | 8 | 100 |
| Anterior Polio Myelitis | 2 | 0.04 | - | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 100 |
| Erysipelas | 12 | 0.22 | — | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| Pneumonia | 39 | 0.72 | — | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12.5 |
| Dysentery | 3 | 0.05 | - | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 66.7 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 0.02 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 682 | 21.63 | 1 | 97 | 60 | 88 | 149 | 52 | 33 | 123 | 80 | 12 | 1.77 |
| Whooping Cough | 106 | 1.93 | - | 21 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 2.83 |