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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 21.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Notification by Age Groups, 1946. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton.)
| Disease. | Total Cases Notified. | Total Cases at all Ages | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1-2 | 2-3 | 34 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 and over | ||
| Scarlet Fever | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 47 | 18 | — | 7 | 3 | — | — | 89 |
| Diphtheria . | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | 5 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| Pneumonia | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 65 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Measles | 15 | 57 | 48 | 88 | 71 | 205 | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 496 |
| Whooping Cough | 17 | 27 | 32 | 25 | 28 | 48 | 6 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 186 |