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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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Measles.
A somewhat smaller epidemic wave of measles affected the district
from April to July. The number of notifications at 512 compares with
686 in the year before. All but 16 were residents of the district. There
were no deaths.
TABLE 18.
MEASLES—WARD INCIDENCE AND MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION, 1940 (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton.)
| 1946. | Ward. | Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helier N'orth. | St. Helier South. | St. Helier Wesf. | North East | NorthWest. | Central. | SouthEast. | SouthWest. | ||
| January | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | —_ | 1 | |
| February | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6 |
| March | — | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 23 |
| April | 11 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 46 |
| May | 22 | 7 | 18 | 32 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 109 |
| June | 43 | 5 | 17 | 37 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 140 |
| July | 35 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 117 |
| August | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| September | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 |
| October | 8 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | 14 |
| November | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| December | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Totals | 124 | 47 | 57 | 128 | 50 | 27 | 30 | 27 | 496 |
| Monthly Mean | 10.33 | 3.91 | 4.75 | 10.00 | 4.10 | 2.25 | 3.00 | 2.25 | 41.33 |
| Case rate per 1,000 population | 14.0 | 0.70 | 7.09 | 13.9 | 0.92 | 4.49 | 4.96 | 4.12 | 8.31 |