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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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includes the anti-biotics and the sulpha drugs. In consequence, restrictions,
both on cases and contacts, have justifiably been considerably relaxed
though precautions are still of value in limiting the spread of this infection.
Of the 59 cases 35 were nursed at home. Such is the decreasing
importance attached to this illness that when several of these cases were
visited the patient was found to have the freedom of the house and no
attempt at isolation was being made.
TABLE 10.
SCARLET FEVER—DISTRIBUTION OF CASES, 1957.
| 1957 | St Helier North | St. Helier South | Ward | Southwest | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helier West | North-East | Northwest | Central | South-East | |||||
| January | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | 4 |
| February | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| March | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 6 |
| April | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| May | 5 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 9 |
| June | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| July | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 9 |
| August | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| September | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | 9 |
| October | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6 |
| November | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 5 |
| December | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 22 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 59 |
| Monthly mean | 1.83 | 0.50 | 0.16 | 0.50 | 1.08 | 0.41 | 0.16 | 0.25 | 4.91 |
| Case rate per 1,000 population | 2.67 | 0.84 | 0.26 | 0.61 | 1.81 | 0.86 | 0.23 | 0.46 | 0.97 |
TABLE 11.
SCARLET FEVER—MULTIPLE CASES, 1957.
| Ward | No. of houses in which occurred | Total Houses | Total Cases | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Case | 2 Cases | 3 Cases | |||
| St. Helier North | 15 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 22 |
| St. Helier South | 6 | — | — | 6 | 6 |
| St. Helier West | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| North-East | 6 | — | — | 6 | 6 |
| North-West | 11 | 1 | — | 12 | 13 |
| Central | 5 | — | — | 5 | 5 |
| South-East | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| South-West | 3 | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Whole District | 50 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 59 |