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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 1960
[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 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 | 76 | 1.25 | — | 13 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 19 | 25 |
| Measles | 67 | 1.10 | — | 5 | — | 9 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 5 | — | 1 | 1.49 |
| Whooping Cough | 81 | 1.34 | — | 14 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6.17 |
| Dysentery | 94 | 1.57 | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 3 | 11 | 71 | 1 | 1.06 |
| Pneumonia | 8 | 0.13 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 0.01 | — | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 100 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 0.03 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 50 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 28 | 0.46 | — | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 24 | 85 |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | 0.04 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 33 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 0.03 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 100 |