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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 20.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Notification by Age Groups, 1944. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton.)
| Disease. | Total Cases Notified. | Total Cases at all Ages | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 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 | — | 2 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 40 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | 104 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | |||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | 3 | — | — | 14 | ||
| Para-Typhoid | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||
| Pneumonia | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 30 |
| Dysentery | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 12 | ||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Measles | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | 11 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 14 | 13 | 29 | 17 | 30 | 70 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 185 | ||