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Carshalton 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 10.
SCARLET FEVER—DISTRIBUTION OF CASES, 1955.
| 1955 | Ward | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helier North | St. Helier South | St. Helier West | North- East | Northwest | Central | South- East | Southwest | ||
| January | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| February | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 6 |
| March | 4 | — | — | - | 1 | 6 | - | 1 | 12 |
| April | — | — | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 7 |
| May | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| June | — | 1 | — | 5 | 3 | — | — | - | 9 |
| July | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| August | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| September | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | - | 1 | — | 5 |
| November | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | - | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| December | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Totals | 7 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 70 |
| Monthly mean | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.41 | 1.25 | 0.50 | 0.91 | 0.75 | 0.83 | 5.83 |
| Case rate per 1,000 population | 0.82 | 0.99 | 0.62 | 1.52 | 0.81 | 1.86 | 1.11 | 1.50 | 1.14 |
TABLE 11.
SCARLET FEVER—MULTIPLE CASES, 1955.
| Ward | No. of houses in which occurred | Total Houses | Total Cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Case | 2 Cases | 3 Cases | 4 Cases | |||
| St. Helier North | 3 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| St. Helier South | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | 7 |
| St. Helier West | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 5 |
| North-East | 13 | 1 | - | - | 14 | 15 |
| North-West | 4 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 6 |
| Central | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 11 |
| South-East | 7 | 1 | - | - | 8 | 9 |
| South-West | 8 | 1 | — | — | 9 | 10 |
| Whole District | 48 | 7 | — | 2 | 57 | 70 |
Diphtheria
For the sixth year in succession there were no cases of diphtheria.
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