Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. | |||||||
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St. Helier North. | St. Helier South. | St. Helier West. | North-East. | North-West. | Central. | South-East. | South-West. | ||||||
Scarlet Fever | 135 | 2.17 | - | 18 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 89 | 65 |
Dysentery | 2 | 0.03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 50 |
Measles | 841 | 13.5 | 1 | 56 | 100 | 71 | 244 | 78 | 62 | 137 | 93 | 8 | 0.95 |
Whooping Cough | 383 | 6.16 | 1 | 69 | 36 | 42 | 52 | 40 | 35 | 68 | 41 | 3 | 0.78 |
Encephalitis, Post Infectious | 1 | 0.01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 100 |
Poliomyelitis, Paralytic | 2 | 0.03 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 100 |
Poliomyelitis, Non-Paralytic | 2 | 0.03 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 100 |
Food Poisoning | 1 | 0.01 | — | 1 | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | l | 100 |
Erysipelas | 9 | 0.14 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 44 |
Pneumonia | 41 | 0.66 | — | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4.88 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 | 0.11 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 6 | 85 |
Paratyphoid "B" | 1 | 0.01 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | - | - | 1 | 100 |