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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 14.
C ases of N otifiable I nfectious D isease A dmitted to H ospitals, 1951.
| Disease | Cuddington | War Memorial | Bletchingley | Western | Wandle Valley | The Grove | South Middlesex | Queen Mary's | Tolworth | St. Helier | South Western | Ottershaw | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 18 | - | 2 | 2 | 33 | 14 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | 74 |
| Poliomyelitis Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| Measles | 4 | - | - | - | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 24 |
| Dysentery | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| Chicken-pox | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Mumps | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Pneumonia | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| Tonsilitis | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Others | 4 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 13 | |
| Totals | 34 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 30 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 145 |