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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 21.
MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1944. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton.)
| Disease. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July- | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 12 | 9 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 104 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 7 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | |||||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| Pneumonia | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| Para-Typhoid | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Polio Myelitis | |||||||||||||
| Dysentery | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 12 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 46 | 26 | 19 | 17 | 34 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 185 |
| Measles | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 11 | |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 84 |
| Tuberculosis Non-pulmonary | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 12 |