Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 17.
MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1961. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)
Disease | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total |
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Scarlet Fever | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 46 |
Measles | 38 | 95 | 183 | 240 | 171 | 47 | 18 | 16 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 811 |
Whooping Cough | 9 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 69 |
Dysentery | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
Pneumonia | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 15 |
Erysipelas | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | — | 4 | — | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
Tuberculosis, Non-Pulmonary | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 |
Meningococcal Infection | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | 1 |