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Carshalton 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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Whooping Cough.
The incidence of pertussis was two-thirds that of the year before,
225 cases (211 residents) being notified compared with 365. Incidence
was rather heavier in the first six months of the year during which
period 80% of the cases occurred. There was one death in a child
of 2 years.
TABLE 14.
WHOOPING COUGH—WARD INCIDENCE AND MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION,
1949.
(Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton.)
| 1949. | Ward. | Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helier North. | St. Helier South. | St. Helier West. | North-East. | North-West. | Central. | South-East. | South-West. | ||
| January | 4 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 41 |
| February | 7 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | — | 8 | 41 |
| March | 6 | — | 2 | 11 | 9 | — | 1 | 3 | 32 |
| April | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | — | 3 | 5 | 31 |
| May | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | 5 | — | 19 |
| June | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 5 |
| July | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 9 |
| August | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| September | — | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| October | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 |
| November | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 7 |
| December | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Totals | 35 | 23 | 42 | 33 | 36 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 211 |
| Monthly Mean | 2.92 | 1.92 | 3.50 | 2.75 | 3.00 | 0.42 | 1.58 | 1.50 | 17.58 |
| Case rate per 1,000 population | 4.05 | 326 | 5.01 | 3.51 | 4.93 | 0.82 | 2.46 | 2 69 | 3.44 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
There were no cases of meningo-coccal meningitis. One case was
notified in a patient from a neighbouring district admitted to St. Helier
Hospital with the disease.
Anterior Poliomyelitis and Encephalitis.
Three cases of this infection were notified, 2 of which were poliomyelitis
and 1 polio-encephalitis.
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