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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 17.
MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1949. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton.)
| Disease. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 93 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Measles | 12 | 31 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 36 | 69 | 57 | 7 | 25 | 75 | 45 | 433 |
| Whooping Cough | 41 | 41 | 32 | 31 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 211 |
| Polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 29 |
| Erysipelas | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 42 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 5 |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 76 |
| Tuberculosis Non-pulmonary | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 10 |