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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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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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helier North | St. Helier South | St. Helier West | North-East | Northwest | Central | South-East | Southwest | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 59 | 0.97 | — | 22 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 40 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 0.01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Measles | 683 | 11.30 | — | 124 | 64 | 105 | 151 | 45 | 49 | 107 | 38 | 7 | 1.02 |
| Whooping Cough | 74 | 1.22 | — | 6 | 10 | 5 | 36 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5.40 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 0.01 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 100 |
| Pneumonia | 36 | 0.59 | — | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8.33 |
| Encephalitis (Post Infectious) | 2 | 0.03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 100 |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 4 | 0.06 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 100 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 0.01 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 100 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 38 | 0.62 | — | 10 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 97 |
| Food Poisoning | 51 | 0.84 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 49 | — | 49 | 97 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | 0.01 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 100 |