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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 16.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES—Notification by Age Groups, 1960.
(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 & over | ||
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | 53 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 76 |
| Measles | 1 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 23 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 67 |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 81 |
| Dysentery | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | 94 |
| Pneumonia | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 8 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 20 | 4 | — | — | 28 |
| Food Poisoning | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |