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Carshalton 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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case of some brands of vaccine than in others. There is little doubt
that progress in this direction is being made and we may well have
reached the stage where inoculation can now be used with reasonable
assurance that it will reduce the risks of whooping cough.
TABLE 13.
WHOOPING COUGH—WARD INCIDENCE AND MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION,
1950.
(Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton.)
| 1950. | Ward. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helier North. | St. Helier South. | St. Helier West. | North-East. | North-West. | Central. | South-East. | Southwest. | Total. | |
| January | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| February | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| March | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 5 |
| April | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 6 |
| May | 11 | — | 2 | — | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| June | 8 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | 15 |
| July | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 18 |
| August | 4 | 6 | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 25 |
| September | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 2 | — | 39 |
| October | — | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 25 |
| November | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 80 |
| December | 31 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 19 | 139 |
| Totals | 69 | 36 | 42 | 52 | 40 | 35 | 68 | 41 | 383 |
| Monthly Mean | 5.75 | 300 | 3 50 | 433 | 3.33 | 2.92 | 5.66 | 3.42 | 31.92 |
| Case rate per 1,000 population | 8.00 | 5.12 | 502 | 5.55 | 5.49 | 5.79 | 8.82 | 6.16 | 6.26 |
Meningococcal Infection.
One case of meningococcal infection was notified posthumously.
The patient was a baby of two years admitted to hospital from another
district already suffering from the illness. It died after a short illness
of two days.
Poliomyelitis.
Four cases were notified. One was a baby of two years who
developed a "dropped foot another was a man of 35 years who
recovered without any signs of paralysis; the third was a boy of fourteen
who also had no paralysis; the fourth was a boy of thirteen who
developed slight weakness of one leg. Three of the cases occurred in
August, the remaining one in December. All survived.
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