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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 15.
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 | 93 | 1.49 | _ | 16 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 55 | 59 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 0.01 | — | - | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 100 |
| Measles | 433 | 6.94 | - | 50 | 33 | 21 | 52 | 93 | 54 | 87 | 40 | 4 | 0.92 |
| Whooping Cough | 211 | 3.38 | 1 | 35 | 23 | 42 | 33 | 36 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2.36 |
| Polioencephalitis | 1 | 0.01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | — | 1 | 100 |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | 0.02 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 100 |
| Food Poisoning | 29 | 0.46 | - | - | - | - | — | — | 28 | - | 1 | - | — |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 0.09 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 50 |
| Pneumonia | 42 | 0.67 | — | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2.38 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | 0.08 | — | — | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | — | - | - | 5 | 100 |