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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 16.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES—Notification by Age Groups, 1956.
Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)
| Disease | Total Cases Notified | Total Cases at All Ages | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 and over | ||
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | 3 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 27 |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| Measles | 6 | 22 | 24 | 35 | 46 | 186 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 326 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 4 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 73 |
| Dysentery | – | – | – | 2 | – | 11 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 15 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | – | 3 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 42 |
| Poliomyelitis, Non-Paralytic | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 10 |
| Poliomyelitis, Paralytic | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 4 |
| Meningococcal Infection | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 26 | 6 | – | – | 35 |
| Food Poisoning | –– | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | 6 |