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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 1952
[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. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helier North. | St. Helier South. | St. Helier West. | North-East. | North-West. | Central. | South-East. | South-West. | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 123 | 1.99 | — | 40 | 8 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 74 | 60 |
| Dysentery | 83 | 1.34 | — | 23 | 9 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Measles | 537 | 8.71 | — | 63 | 52 | 42 | 106 | 80 | 67 | 103 | 24 | 5 | 0.93 |
| Whooping Cough | 94 | 1.52 | — | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Poliomyelitis, Paralytic | 11 | 0.17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 10 | 90 |
| Poliomyelitis, Non-Paralytic | 3 | 0.04 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 100 |
| Food Poisoning | 23 | 0.37 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 17 | 1 | 20 | 86 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 0.01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 30 | 0.48 | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 58 | 0.94 | — | 12 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 57 | 98 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 0.03 | — | — | 1 | - | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |