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Carshalton 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABEE 24.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Notification by Age Groups, 1945. (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 | - | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 54 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 107 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 15 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| Anterior Polio Myelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| Pneumonia | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 39 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Measles | 21 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 87 | 321 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 3 | - | - | 682 |
| Whooping Cough | 10 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 42 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 106 |