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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 17.
MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1956.
(Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)
| Disease | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 27 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Measles | 1 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 71 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 108 | 47 | 326 |
| Whooping Cough | – | 8 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 2 | Personal | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 73 |
| Dysentery | 8 | 3 | — | 1 | – | – | 1 | — | –_ | – | 2 | — | 15 |
| Pneumonia | 10 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 42 |
| Poliomyelitis, Non-Paralytic | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | – | 4 | – | — | 10 |
| Poliomyelitis, Paralytic | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 4 |
| Meningococcal Infection | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | — | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 35 |
| Food Poisoning | –— | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | —– | 1 | — | 6 |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | – | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 35 |
| Tuberculosis, Non-Pulmonary | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | - | 2 |