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Carshalton 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 9.
Admissions to Isolation Hospitals, 1949.
| Disease. | Cuddington. | Croydon. | Bletchingley. | West Kent. | Bromley and Beckenham. | Wimbledon. | Wandle Valley. | The Grove. | Park. | Brook. | South Middlesex. | Queen Mary's. | Tolworth. | St. Helier. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 33 | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | 23 | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 69 |
| Scarlet Fever and Chicken-pox | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Polioencephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Whooping Cough | 14 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 19 |
| Measles | 31 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Rubella | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Chicken-pox | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 8 |
| Mumps | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 12 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Tonsilitis | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Gastro-enteritis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Others | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 17 |
| 108 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 197 |