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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 20.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES-NOTIFICATIONS, DEATHS AND DISTRIBUTION. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton.)
| Disease. | Cases notified. | Case rate per 1,000 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. | NorthEast. | NorthWest. | Central. | SouthEast. | SouthWest. | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 83 | 1.37 | - | 14 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 59 | 71 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 0.03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 100 |
| Measles | 145 | 2.39 | - | 21 | 17 | 20 | 32 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 3.4 |
| Whooping Cough | 181 | 2.99 | - | 34 | 13 | 22 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 2.2 |
| Typhoid Fever | 2 | 0.03 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 100 |
| Dysentery | 2 | 0.03 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 100 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 3 | 0.04 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 100 | |
| Poliomyelitis | 13 | 0.21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 12 | 92 |
| Polioencephalitis | 2 | 0.03 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 100 |
| Erysipelas | 12 | 0.19 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 5 | 41 |
| Pneumonia | 71 | 1.17 | - | 12 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | 0.16 | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 10 | 100 |