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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 26 —
| DISEASE | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 23 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 30 | 26 | 227 |
| Diphtheria | 6 | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 33 |
| Dysentery | 5 | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 16 |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 13 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 94 |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 9 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 62 |
| Tuberculosis Non-pulmonary | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 12 |