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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 25.
| Disease. | Total Cases Notified. | Total Cases at all Ages. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under I 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 | – | 7 | 15 | 18 | 25 | 120 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | – | 227 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 33 |
| Dysentery | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | 7 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 16 |
| Pneumonia | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 97 |
| Erysipelas | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 2 | – | – | 12 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Polio-myelitis | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |