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Carshalton 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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TABLE 16.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES—Notification by Age Groups, 1955. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)

DiseaseTotal Cases NotifiedTotal Cases at All Ages
Under 1 year1-22-33-44-55-1010-1515-2020-3535-4545-6565 and over
Scarlet Fever—3467463———1—70
Erysipelas---------1214
Measles289312212417856883312—1,130
Whooping Cough6561411443153——98
Dysentery3710117494—1942—116
Pneumonia————13——3413327
Poliomyelitis, Non-Paralytic———-111-----3
Poliomyelitis, Paralytic————221121—-9
Meningococcal Infection—1----------1
Puerperal Pyrexia-------1263——30
Food Poisoning———1—1—————-2