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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 22.
MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1947. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton.)
| Disease. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 83 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Measles | 11 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 26 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | - | 5 | 145 |
| Whooping Cough | 18 | 17 | 24 | 12 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 181 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | |
| Dysentery | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | - | 3 | - | - | 13 |
| Polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Erysipelas | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | - | 12 |
| Pneumonia | 19 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 7 | - | 2 | - | - | 5 | 3 | 6 | 71 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 5 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 110 |
| Tuberculosis Non-pulmonary | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 8 |