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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 20.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Notification by Age Groups, 1918
(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 | — | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 36 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 103 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Measles | 32 | 101 | 115 | 120 | 115 | 388 | 33 | 8 | 5 | I | — | — | 918 |
| Whooping Cough | 26 | 49 | 46 | 46 | 69 | 115 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 363 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 9 | 3 | 16 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 56 |
| Peuperal Pyrexia | — | — | — . | — | — | — | — | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | — | 15 |
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