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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 17.
MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1957. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)
| Disease | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 9 | — | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 59 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | _ | — | 1 |
| Measles | 81 | 146 | 193 | 160 | 40 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 683 |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 74 |
| Dysentery | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 36 |
| Encephalitis (Post Infectious) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | _ | 4 |
| Meningococcal Infection | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 38 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | 1 | — | — | – | — | 49 | 1 | — | — | — | 51 |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 25 |
| Tuberculosis, Non-Pulmonary | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |