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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 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Unfortunately, there is, as yet, no known means of preventing
this infection. This, however, does not justify a fatalistic attitude.
Many lives can be saved if the illness is deferred beyond the very early
years of life when mortality is highest. Young babies and debilitated
children, who have been exposed to infection, can be given either
temporary immunity or, at worst, an attenuated attack by the prompt
use of convalescent or adult serum.

Table: TABLE 17.MEASLES—WARD INCIDENCE AND MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION, 1948. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton.)

TABLE 17.

MEASLES—WARD INCIDENCE AND MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION, 1948. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton.)

1948.Ward.Total.
St. Helier North.St. Helier South.St. Helier West.North-EastNorth-West.Central.South-East.South-West.
January---25---7
February1220231091—-75
March512925622517611226
April3691156331736171
May156383227965138
June147364315975136
July44332719111191
August1443215131961
September1-------1
October————1—--1
November——————-——
December311312——11
Totals13780141243125894657918
Monthly Mean11.416.6611.7520.2510.417.413.834.7576.50
Case rate per 1,000 population15.811.216.725.7, 17.014.56.178.4814.7

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Whooping Cough.
Pertussis was more prevalent, 365 cases being notified. All were
residents but two. An endemic disease in urban districts, it had an
epidemic wave superimposed during 1948, with its peak in mid-summer.
There were no deaths.
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