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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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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. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | l | 5 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 151 | 37 | 8 | 13 | 2 | — | — | 275 |
| Diphtheria | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 47 | |
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | — | 53 |
| Pneumonia | 13 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 115 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | — | — | 5 |
| Puerperal Fever ophthalmia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Polio-myelitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever.. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |