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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 19. INFECTIOUS DISEASES.—Notifications, Deaths, and Distribution. (excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)
| Disease. | Cases notified. | Case rate per 1000 population. | Deaths | Distribution by Wards. | No. of cases removed to Hospital. | Percentage of cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helier North. | St. Helier South. | St. Helier West. | North East | North West | Central | South East | South West | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 104 | 0.20 | 17 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 95 | 91 | |
| Diphtheria | 7 | 0.13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | _ | 7 | 100 | |||||
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 2 | 0.04 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 100 | |||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 14 | 0.27 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 79 | ||
| Para-Typhoid | 2 | 0.03 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 100 | |||||||
| Erysipelas | 10 | 0.19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 60 | ||||
| Pneumonia | 0.57 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 | |
| Dysentery | 12 | 0.23 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 33 | |||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 1 | 100 | ||||||||
| Measles | 11 | 0.21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Whooping Cough | 185 | 3.5 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 17 | 56 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 2 |