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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 16.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES—Notification by Age Groups, 1957.
(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 | — | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 59 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Measles | 11 | 63 | 80 | 88 | 92 | 328 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 683 |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 27 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 74 |
| Dysentery | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Pneumonia | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 36 |
| Encephalitis (Post Infectious) | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 |
| Meningococcal Infection | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 29 | 5 | — | — | 38 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | 1 | — | – | 1 | — | 20 | 22 | 3 | 4 | — | 51 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |