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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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TABLE 21.
MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1948. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton.)
| Disease. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 103 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Measles | 7 | 75 | 226 | 171 | 138 | 136 | 91 | 61 | 1 | 1 | — | 11 | 918 |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 21 | 23 | 29 | 22 | 33 | 64 | 67 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 29 | 363 |
| Dysentery | — | — | 1 | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| Pneumonia | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 56 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 82 |
| Tuberculosis Non-pulmonary | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7 |