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Carshalton 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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Whooping Cough.
The number of cases notified in the resident population was 185.
A further 19 occurred in patients of local hospitals admitted from
other districts. There was one death in a baby under one year of
age. The ward distribution is shown in the following table: —
TABLE 18.
WHOOPING COUGH—WARD INCIDENCE AND MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION, 1944.
(Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton.)
| 1914. | Ward. | Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helier North. | St. Helier South. | St. Helier West. | North-East. | North-West. | Central. | South-East. | Southwest. | ||
| January | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 29 |
| February | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | — | — | 1 | — | 38 |
| March | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 18 |
| April | — | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 22 |
| May | 4 | 2 | — | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 30 |
| June | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 24 | |
| July | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| August | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| September | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 |
| October | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| November | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| December | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 38 | 13 | 17 | 57 | 15 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 185 |
| Monthly Mean | 3.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 15.4 |
| Case rate per 1,000 population | 4.79 | 2.05 | 2.26 | 6.95 | 2.27 | 1.83 | 2.74 | 2.85 | 3.53 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Only one case of this eye infection in the new born was notified.
It recovered completely after ten days' treatment in hospital.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
With the provision of a substantial amount of maternity accommodation
at the St. Helier Hospital the yearly number of notifications
of puerperal pyrexia has risen markedly. This is in accordance
with expectation and is the result of two factors—the admission to
the hospital maternity wards of a large proportion of abnormal cases
in which the risk of infection is high and the more meticulous
notification than is the general experience.
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