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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 16.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES—Notification by Age Groups, 1959.
(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 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 84 | 25 | 2 | — | _ | 1 | _ | 144 | |
| Measles | 21 | 89 | 90 | 123 | 105 | 511 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 973 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 32 | |
| Dysentery | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 88 |
| Pneumonia | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 26 |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 35 | 2 | — | — | 41 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 |