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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 19.
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. | North-East. | North-West. | Central. | South-East. | South-West. | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 103 | 1.65 | — | 15 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 64 | 62 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 0.01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 100 |
| Measles | 918 | 14.7 | — | 137 | 80 | 141 | 243 | 125 | 89 | 46 | 57 | 8 | 0.87 |
| Whooping Cough | 363 | 5.82 | — | 46 | 30 | 57 | 100 | 34 | 30 | 45 | 21 | 2 | 0.55 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 0.01 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | I | 0.01 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 100 |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | 0.04 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 100 |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | 0.03 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 100 |
| Erysipelas | 16 | 0.25 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | 8 | 50 |
| Pneumonia | 56 | 0.90 | — | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 3 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 15 | 0.24 | — | 3 | 1 | 6 | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | 14 | 93 |