Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 | |||||||
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St. Helier North | St. Helier South | St. Helier West | North-East | Northwest | Central | South-East | Southwest | ||||||
Scarlet Fever | 27 | 0.44 | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
Erysipelas | 2 | 0.03 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | — |
Measles | 326 | 5.34 | – | 35 | 40 | 5 | 88 | 88 | 58 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1.22 |
Whooping Cough | 73 | 1.19 | – | 5 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | – | — |
Dysentery | 15 | 0.24 | – | 11 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 6.66 |
Pneumonia | 42 | 0.68 | – | 5 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7.14 |
Poliomyelitis, Non-Paralytic | 10 | 0.16 | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 9 | 90 |
Poliomyelitis, Paralytic | 4 | 0.06 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 4 | 100 |
Meningococcal Infection | 3 | 0.04 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 100 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 35 | 0.57 | – | 9 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 97 |
Food Poisoning | 6 | 0.09 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 2 | 33 |