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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 16.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES. N otification by A ge G roups, 1951. (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 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 and over | ||
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | 6 | 18 | 13 | 52 | 3 | 4 | 4 | _ | _ | _ | 100 |
| Measles | 13 | 91 | 118 | 135 | 195 | 355 | 35 | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | 960 |
| Whooping Cough | 33 | 47 | 60 | 83 | 75 | 141 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 464 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 66 | 23 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 206 |
| Poliomyelitis, Paralytic | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis, Non-Paralytic | — | — | - | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 7 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 54 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 1 | — | — | 24 |