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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 16.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Notification by Age Groups, 1949. (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 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 93 | ||||
| Diphtheria | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Measles ...... | 11 | 43 | 65 | 56 | 58 | 184 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 433 | |
| Whooping Cough... | 16 | 29 | 39 | 28 | 26 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 211 | |
| Polioencepholitis | 1 | — | 1 | ||||||||||
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Food Poisoning............ | — | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 29 | ||||||
| Erysipelas...... | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||||||
| Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 42 |
| Peurperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | ||||||
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