[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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The figures referred to as at June, 1937, are as follows:—

Ward	No. of dwellings	Average R. V. per dwelling			Population	Residential R.V. per head of population

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Classification of Factories in the district —

No.	Trade.	Employees.
No.	Trade.	M.	F.	Total.

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Classification of Workshops in the district —

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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1937. (Based on the Registrar-General's Figures.)

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The following are the details of the two surveys in respect of these roads:—

	December, 1935	May, 1938

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TABLE 1. ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION, MID-1937. BY WARDS

WARD	Houses at Mid. 1937		Estimated Population, Mid. 1937

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These sources of information show that 878 live births occurred in 1937 and were distributed between the wards as shown in the following table:—

WARD	Live Births	Rate per thousands population

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The 337 non-domiciliary births took place in the following institutions:

	Live	Still	Total

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TABLE 2. BIRTHS, 1937—DOMICILIARY AND OTHERS—BY WARDS.

Ward.	Born in District.			Born Outside the District.				Total.
Ward.	In Hospitals and Nursing Homes.	In Private Houses.	Total	In Hospitals and Nursing Homes.	In Private Houses.	Not Stated.	Total.	Total.

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TABLE 3. Birth and Death Rates for Carshalton, 1921-1937.

Year	Population (Registrar-General's)	Birth Rate	Death Rate	Infant Mortality Rate	Maternal Mortality Rate

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TABLE 4. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS-1937.

	England and Wales	125 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London	l48Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25000 to 50.000 at 1931 Census)	London Administrative County	Carshalton

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WARD DEATH RATES AND MEAN AGE AT DEATH, 1937

WARD.	Deaths	Death Rate (crude)	Mean Age at death

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CANCER DEATHS—WARD DISTRIBUTION, 1937.

WARD	Cancer deaths	Rate per 1,000 Estimated Population

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TABLE 5. CANCER DEATHS—BY ORGANS AFFECTED.

Group	Site Affected	Male	Female	Total

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TABLE 6. INFANT MORTALITY-WARD DISTRIBUTION.

WARD	Infant Deaths	Rate per 1.000 live births

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TABLE 7 INFANT MORTALITY OVER THREE YEARS 1935-1937 WARD DISTRIBUTION.

WARD	Infant Deaths	Live Births	Rate per 1,000 live births

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TABLE 8. INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1937. Deaths classified as to cause and age at death.

Cause of Death	Under 1 week	1-2 weeks	2—3 weeks	3-4 weeks	Total under 4 weeks	4 weeks and under 3 months	3 months and under 6months	6 months and under 9 months	9 months and under 12months	Total deaths under 1 year

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TABLE 9. MATERNAL MORTALITY, 1921—1936.

Year	Births	Maternal Deaths	Maternal Mortality Rate

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TABLE 10. CAUSES OF DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1937. BY AGES AND SEX.

No.	Causes of Death.	0	—	1	—	5	—	15	—	25	—	35	—	45	—	55	—	65	—	75	—	All ages.
No.	Causes of Death.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	Persons

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The following examinations were made during the year:—

	No. Examined.	Positive Results.

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The following figures are in respect of the working of the service in both districts during the year:—

	Carshalton.	Beddington & Wallington

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TABLE II. CUDDINGTON JOINT HOSPITAL BOARD—STATEMENT OF ADMISSIONS TO CUDDINGTON HOSPITAL DURING 1937.

Disease	Banstead U.D.		Sutton B.C.		Leatherh'd U.D.		Carshalton U.D.		Epsom		Others		Total
Disease	No.	Deaths	No.	Deaths	No.	Deaths	No.	Deaths	No.	Deaths	No.	Deaths	No.	Deaths

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The number of births which were notified, as adjusted by transferred notifications, was as follows:—

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TABLE 12. ATTENDANCES AT MATERNITY CLINICS.

CENTRE	No. on Register	Attendances		Sessions	Average attendance per Session
CENTRE	No. on Register	*Primary Total		Sessions	Average attendance per Session

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TABLE 13 INFANT WELFARE CENTRES—ATTENDANCES, 1937.

Centre	Years.	Number who attended during year.	Number on register at year end.	New cases to the Centres	Attendances		Number of sessions.	Average attendance per session.
Centre	Years.	Number who attended during year.	Number on register at year end.	New cases to the Centres	Primary.	Total	Number of sessions.	Average attendance per session.

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TABLE 14. DISTRIBUTION OF "ASSISTED" MILK AND OTHER FOODS, 1937,

WARD	Number Assisted		Fresh Milk (pints)		Dried Milk (lbs.)		Cod Liver Oil (ozs.)		Cod Liver Oil & Malt (ozs.)		Virol (ozs.)		Vitoleum Cream (ozs.)		Parrish's Food (ozs.)
WARD	Families	Indi-vidls.	Free	Half price	Free	Half price	Free	Half price	Free	Half price	Free	Half price	Free	Half price	Free	Half price

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DENTAL SCHEME-TREATMENT PROVIDED, 1937

Temporary Teeth		Permanent Teeth		Dentures Supplied
Extracted	Filled	Extracted	Filled	Full	Partial

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Attendances at the dental clinics are shown in the following Table:— DENTAL SCHEME-ATTENDANCES, 1937.

Centre referred from	No. Treated	No. of Attend ces.

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Twenty-three children were given 484 treatments by the masseuse for the following defects:—

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During the year one mother and baby and 4 children received treatment under these arrangements. They were for the following conditions:—

Condition	Age	Duration of treatm't.

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The cases referred to hospitals during the year were as follows:—

	For obstetric and medical reasons.	For unsuitable home conditions.	Total.

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The following indicates the work done by the District Council s 2 midwives from the time of their appointment to the end of the year.

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CHEMICAL ANALYSIS IN PARTS PER 100,000

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Four hundred and sixty-seven complaints were received, classified as follows:—

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The number and nature of inspections were as follows:—

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One thousand three hundred and eighty-six informal notices were served for the following purposes

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Infestation by the bed bug was dealt with in 55 houses in the following way:—

	Council Houses.	Others	Total

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During the year 1049 inspections were made to shops and notices were served in respect of the following 297 infringements:—

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Section D.—Housing. New Houses. —New houses erected during 1937 numbered 312 compared with 511 built the year before. They were distributed as follows:—

WARD		By the Council	By Private Enterprise	Total

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Council's Housing Scheme. —The houses erected by the Coun-cil under the various Acts up to 31 st December, 1937, are as follows:

Act under which erected.	No. of Properties	Type
Act under which erected.	No. of Properties	(P—Parlour.	N.P.—Non-Parlour)

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During 1937 a nett reduction of 87 in this number was effected, leaving 92 dwellings with 633 equivalent adults still to be de-crowded at the end of the year. This nett reduction of 87 cases was broueht about as follows:—

	Overcrowded at December 31st, 1936	Dwellings found overcrowded during 1937	Houses decrowded during 1937.	Remaining overcrowded at 31st December, 1937	Net reduction during year.

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The position in respect of overcrowding in the individual wards up to the end of 1937 was as follows:—

Ward.	Houses overcrowded at Survey.	Houses found overcrowded up to Dec. 31st, 1937.	Houses decrowded up to Dec. 31st, 1937.	Houses remaining overcrowded at 31st Dec. 1937.

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Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. —The following premises were on the register at the end of the year.

	Number	Approximate persons employed

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1. Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. (Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspector or Inspectors of Nuisances).

Premises. 1	Number of Inspections 2	Number of Written Notices 3	Number of Occupiers prosecuted 4

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2. Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Particulars 1	Number of Defects			Number of offences in respect of which prosecutions were instituted 5
Particulars 1	Found 2	Remedied 3	Referred to H.M. Inspector 4

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Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108

Nature of Work (1)	Instances (2)	Notices served (3)	Prosecutions (4)

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TABLE 15. MILK SAMPLES, 1937

	Total Bacterial Count				Bacillus Coli. Test				Methylene Blue Test		Tubercle Test
Grade	No. examined	Highest	Average	Lowest	No. examined	Absent in l/10th c.c.	Absent in 1/100th c.c.	Absent in 1/I000th c.c.	No. examined	Satisfactory	No. examined	Negative

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The number of carcases examined and condemned was as follows:—

	Cattle ex-cl'd'ng Cow	Cows.	Calves	Sheep and Lambs	Pigs

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Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act.—1928. The following information supplied by the County Medical Officer shows th e samples of foods and drugs analysed and the action taken under the above Act in respect of the Carshalton area:—

Articles	Analysed			Adulterated or Deteriorated			Prosecutions	Con- vic-tions
Articles	Formal	Informal	Total	Formal	Informal	Total	Prosecutions	Con- vic-tions

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TABLE 16 SCARLET FEVER—WARD INCIDENCE, 1937 (Excluding Queen Mary's Hospital.)

WARD	Cases	Rate per 1,000 population,

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TABLE 17. SCARLET FEVER-MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION 1937. Wards

1937	St Helier North	St.Helier South	St Helier West	North-East	North-West	Central	South-East	South-West	Total

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TABLE 18. SCARLET FEVER—MULTIPLE CASES 1937.

WARD	Number of houses in which occurred			Total Houses	Total Cases
WARD	1 case	2 cases	3 cases	Total Houses	Total Cases

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TABLE 19. DIPHTHERIA—WARD INCIDENCE 1937 (Excluding Queen Mary's Hospital.)

Ward	Cases	Rate per 1000 population

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TABLE 20. DIPHTHERIA—MULTIPLE CASES 1937.

Ward	No. of houses in which occurred				Total houses	Total cases
Ward	1 case	2 cases	3 cases	4 cases	Total houses	Total cases

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TABLE 21. DIPHTHERIA—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION 1937. WARD

1937	St.Helier North	St.Helier South	St.Helier West	North-East	North-West	Central	South-East	South-West	Total

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PERSONS IMMUNISED AT THE CLINIC-1937.

WARD		Age Groups		Total
WARD	0—5	5-15	15 & over	Total

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PERSONS IMMUNISED BY PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS, 1937.

WARD		Age Groups		Total
WARD	0-5	5-15	15 & over	Total

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CHILDREN IMMUNISED IN SCHOOLS, 1937 (5-8 Y ears).

	Completed at year end	Not completed at year end

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They occurred in the following months:—

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Ophthalmia Neonatorum. —One case of this disease of the new-born was notified. It was of moderate severity and was admitted to a special hospital under the Council's scheme. It was discharged after approximately six weeks treatment with its vision unimpaired.

Cases			Vision unimpaired	Vision impaired	Total blindness	Death
Notified	Treated
Notified	In hospital	At Home

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The main facts relating to these cases are as follows:—

Notified as	Para.	Day of onset	Duration of Pregnancy	Clinical Notes	Admitted to Hospital	Result

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TABLE 22.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES—Notification, Deaths and Distribution. (Excluding Queen Mary's Hospital).

disease	Cases notified	Case rate per 1000 population	Deaths	Distribution of cases								No. of cases removed to hospital	Percentage of cases removed to hospital
disease	Cases notified	Case rate per 1000 population	Deaths	St.Helier North	St. Helier South	St. Heiier West	North East	North West	Central	South East	South West	No. of cases removed to hospital	Percentage of cases removed to hospital

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TABLE 23. INFECTIOUS DISEASES-Notification by Age Groups, 1937. (Excluding Queen Mary's Hospital.)

Disease.	Total Cases Notified												Total Cases at all Ages.
Disease.	Under 1 year	1—2	2-3	3-4	4-5	5-10	10-15	15-20	20-35	35-45	45-65	65 and Over	Total Cases at all Ages.

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TABLE 24 —MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1937. (Excluding Queen Mary's Hospital)

DISEASE	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	April	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total

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TABLE 25. TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER AT DECEMBER 31 st , 1937.

	Pulmonary	Non-pulmonary	All forms

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TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION. Cases on Register at 31 st December , 1937.

WARD	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Total
WARD	Males	Females	Males	Females	Total

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The Surrey County Council undertake the treatment of tuberculosis in this district. 125 persons from Carshalton received treatment in the following institutions during the year:—

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TABLE 26. DEATHS DUE TO TUBERCULOSIS, 1937.

Ages Years	Pulmonary				Non-pulmonary		Totals
Ages Years	Male		Female		Male	Female	Totals

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TABLE 27. TUBERCULOSIS NEW CASES, Age and sex distribution, and manner of admission to register, 1937.

Age Group Years	Primary Notifications (" A ")				Cases transferred from other districts				Cases brought to notice otherwise than by notification or transfer				Total New Cases
	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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TABLE OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, CARSHALTON, 1937. Latitude 5122 N. Longitude 0.9 W.

Month.	Average Barometric Pressure		Temperature			Absolute Temp.		Rainfall		Sunshine
Month.	Average Barometric Pressure	Average 9 a.m.	Average Maximum	Average Minimum	Mean	Maximum	Minimum	Inches	Days	Hours	Sunless Days

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71 tables in this report

The figures referred to as at June, 1937, are as follows:—

Classification of Factories in the district —

Classification of Workshops in the district —

SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1937. (Based on the Registrar-General's Figures.)

The following are the details of the two surveys in respect of these roads:—

TABLE 1. ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION, MID-1937. BY WARDS

These sources of information show that 878 live births occurred in 1937 and were distributed between the wards as shown in the following table:—

The 337 non-domiciliary births took place in the following institutions:

TABLE 2. BIRTHS, 1937—DOMICILIARY AND OTHERS—BY WARDS.

TABLE 3. Birth and Death Rates for Carshalton, 1921-1937.

TABLE 4. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS-1937.

WARD DEATH RATES AND MEAN AGE AT DEATH, 1937

CANCER DEATHS—WARD DISTRIBUTION, 1937.

TABLE 5. CANCER DEATHS—BY ORGANS AFFECTED.

TABLE 6. INFANT MORTALITY-WARD DISTRIBUTION.

TABLE 7 INFANT MORTALITY OVER THREE YEARS 1935-1937 WARD DISTRIBUTION.

TABLE 8. INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1937. Deaths classified as to cause and age at death.

TABLE 9. MATERNAL MORTALITY, 1921—1936.

TABLE 10. CAUSES OF DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1937. BY AGES AND SEX.

The following examinations were made during the year:—

The following figures are in respect of the working of the service in both districts during the year:—

TABLE II. CUDDINGTON JOINT HOSPITAL BOARD—STATEMENT OF ADMISSIONS TO CUDDINGTON HOSPITAL DURING 1937.

The number of births which were notified, as adjusted by transferred notifications, was as follows:—

TABLE 12. ATTENDANCES AT MATERNITY CLINICS.

TABLE 13 INFANT WELFARE CENTRES—ATTENDANCES, 1937.

TABLE 14. DISTRIBUTION OF "ASSISTED" MILK AND OTHER FOODS, 1937,

DENTAL SCHEME-TREATMENT PROVIDED, 1937

Attendances at the dental clinics are shown in the following Table:— DENTAL SCHEME-ATTENDANCES, 1937.

Twenty-three children were given 484 treatments by the masseuse for the following defects:—

During the year one mother and baby and 4 children received treatment under these arrangements. They were for the following conditions:—

The cases referred to hospitals during the year were as follows:—

The following indicates the work done by the District Council s 2 midwives from the time of their appointment to the end of the year.

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS IN PARTS PER 100,000

Four hundred and sixty-seven complaints were received, classified as follows:—

Continued from previous page...

The number and nature of inspections were as follows:—

One thousand three hundred and eighty-six informal notices were served for the following purposes

Infestation by the bed bug was dealt with in 55 houses in the following way:—

During the year 1049 inspections were made to shops and notices were served in respect of the following 297 infringements:—

Section D.—Housing. New Houses. —New houses erected during 1937 numbered 312 compared with 511 built the year before. They were distributed as follows:—

Council's Housing Scheme. —The houses erected by the Coun-cil under the various Acts up to 31 st December, 1937, are as follows:

During 1937 a nett reduction of 87 in this number was effected, leaving 92 dwellings with 633 equivalent adults still to be de-crowded at the end of the year. This nett reduction of 87 cases was broueht about as follows:—

The position in respect of overcrowding in the individual wards up to the end of 1937 was as follows:—

Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. —The following premises were on the register at the end of the year.

1. Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. (Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspector or Inspectors of Nuisances).

2. Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108

TABLE 15. MILK SAMPLES, 1937

The number of carcases examined and condemned was as follows:—

Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act.—1928. The following information supplied by the County Medical Officer shows th e samples of foods and drugs analysed and the action taken under the above Act in respect of the Carshalton area:—

TABLE 16 SCARLET FEVER—WARD INCIDENCE, 1937 (Excluding Queen Mary's Hospital.)

TABLE 17. SCARLET FEVER-MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION 1937. Wards

TABLE 18. SCARLET FEVER—MULTIPLE CASES 1937.

TABLE 19. DIPHTHERIA—WARD INCIDENCE 1937 (Excluding Queen Mary's Hospital.)

TABLE 20. DIPHTHERIA—MULTIPLE CASES 1937.

TABLE 21. DIPHTHERIA—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION 1937. WARD

PERSONS IMMUNISED AT THE CLINIC-1937.

PERSONS IMMUNISED BY PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS, 1937.

CHILDREN IMMUNISED IN SCHOOLS, 1937 (5-8 Y ears).

They occurred in the following months:—

Ophthalmia Neonatorum. —One case of this disease of the new-born was notified. It was of moderate severity and was admitted to a special hospital under the Council's scheme. It was discharged after approximately six weeks treatment with its vision unimpaired.

The main facts relating to these cases are as follows:—

TABLE 22.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES—Notification, Deaths and Distribution. (Excluding Queen Mary's Hospital).

TABLE 23. INFECTIOUS DISEASES-Notification by Age Groups, 1937. (Excluding Queen Mary's Hospital.)

TABLE 24 —MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1937. (Excluding Queen Mary's Hospital)

TABLE 25. TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER AT DECEMBER 31 st , 1937.

TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION. Cases on Register at 31 st December , 1937.

The Surrey County Council undertake the treatment of tuberculosis in this district. 125 persons from Carshalton received treatment in the following institutions during the year:—

TABLE 26. DEATHS DUE TO TUBERCULOSIS, 1937.

TABLE 27. TUBERCULOSIS NEW CASES, Age and sex distribution, and manner of admission to register, 1937.

TABLE OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, CARSHALTON, 1937. Latitude 5122 N. Longitude 0.9 W.