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Carshalton 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Table: TABLE 13.WHOOPING COUGH—WARD INCIDENCEAND MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION, 1955. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)

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TABLE 13.

WHOOPING COUGH—WARD INCIDENCE

AND MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION, 1955. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)

1955	Ward								Total
1955	St. Helier North	St. Helier South	St. Helier West	North-East	Northwest	Central	South-East	Southwest	Total
January	1	-	7	1	-	1	6	3	19
February	1	—	3	—	1	4	7	—	16
March	4	—	1	—	1	-	9	—	15
April	7	—	1	2	1	—	1	1	13
May	2	—	1	—	—	3	—	—	6
June	3	—	—	1	2	2	1	—	9
July	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
August	—	1	—	1	—	—	2	—	4
September	—	-—	4	3	2	—	—	—	9
October	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	1
November	—	—	—	1	—	1	—	—	2
December	—	1	1	—	—	2	—	—	4
Totals	18	2	18	9	7	14	26	4	98
Monthly Mean	1.50	0.16	1.50	0.75	0.58	1.16	2.16	0.33	8.16
Case rate per 1,000population	2.11	0.28	2.25	0.92	0.95	2.37	3.21	0.60	1.59

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Meningococcal Infection
A baby of sixteen months contracted meningococcal meningitis. It
made a complete recovery after treatment in isolation hospital with antibiotics
and chemotherapy.
Poliomyelitis

Table: The incidence of poliomyelitis was the highest since the major epidemic of 1947. Twelve cases were notified of which nine were paralytic. Details were as follows :

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The incidence of poliomyelitis was the highest since the major epidemic of 1947. Twelve cases were notified of which nine were paralytic. Details were as follows :

Sex	Age	Date of Onset	Resultant disability in May, 1956
F	4	29th June	Good recovery from mild weakness of right leg.
M	13	2nd Sept.	Non paralytic	members of one family.
F	4	11th Sept.	„
F	9	13th Sept.	„
F	17	15th Sept.	Moderate degree of weakness of all limbs.
F	Ad.	20th Sept.	Very slight weakness of right foot.
F	4	22nd Sept.	Drags left foot slightly.
F	12	5th Oct.	Drags left foot.
M	4	11th Oct.	No paralysis but slight tightness of neck muscles.
F	Ad.	24th Oct.	Recovery from partial paralysis of palate.
M	Ad.	31st Oct.	Died—bulbar paralysis.
M	6	6th Nov.	Complete recovery.

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Carshalton 1955

Table: TABLE 13.WHOOPING COUGH—WARD INCIDENCEAND MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION, 1955. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)

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Table: The incidence of poliomyelitis was the highest since the major epidemic of 1947. Twelve cases were notified of which nine were paralytic. Details were as follows :