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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 24.—
| Scarlet Fever | 227 | 3.87 | – | 69 | 47 | 38 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 208 | 92% |
| Diphtheria | 33 | 0.56 | – | 9 | 10 | 3 | 6 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 100% |
| Enteric | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cerebo-Spinal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 12 | 0.20 | – | 2 | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 75% | |
| Erysipelas | 20 | 0.34 | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 35% |
| Pneumonia | 94 | 1.60 | – | 28 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 28% |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 3 | 0.05 | 25 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Polio-myelitis | 1 | 0.02 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 100% |
| Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dysentery | 16 | 0.27 | – | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 4 | 25% |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3.46 per 1000births | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 33% |
| Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |