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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 17.
DIPHTHERIA—WARD INCIDENCE AND MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION, 1044. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton.)
| 1944. | Ward. | Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Heliei North. | St. Helier South. | St. Helier West. | North-East. | North-West. | Central. | South-East. | South-West. | ||
| January | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| February | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| March | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| April | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| May | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| June | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| July | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| August | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| September | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| October | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| November | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| December | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 7 |
| Monthly Mean | — | 0.25 | — | 0.25 | — | — | 0.08 | — | 0.59 |
| Case rate per 1,000 population | 0.47 | 0.36 | — | 0.15 | — | 0.12 | |||
There was no instance of more than one case in a house.
During the course of investigations three persons were found
to be temporary " carriers " of the infection. They cleared up with
isolation hospital treatment after an interval of two months in the
case of two of them and one month in the third.
The number of swabs examined for diphtheria under the Council's
laboratory arrangements was 92 of which 5 were positive.
No anti-toxic serum was issued to practitioners during the year.
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