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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 16.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES. N otification by A ge G roups , 1950. (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—15 | 45-65 | 65 and over | ||
| Scarlet Fever | — | 2 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 81 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | _ | _ | 135 |
| Measles | 17 | 65 | 90 | 90 | 113 | 441 | 16 | 5 | 4 | — | — | - | 841 |
| Whooping Cough | 20 | 34 | 48 | 56 | 63 | 154 | 3 | — | 5 | — | — | - | 383 |
| Encephalitis, Post Infectious | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | - | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis, Paralytic | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis, Non-paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Ford Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 41 |
| Peurperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | — | 7 |
| Paratyphoid "B" | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | - | - | 1 |