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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 1961
[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 rate 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 | 46 | 0.81 | — | 8 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21.7 |
| Measles | 811 | 14.35 | — | 189 | 92 | 108 | 137 | 85 | 37 | 78 | 85 | 9 | 1.11 |
| Whooping Cough | 69 | 1.22 | — | 8 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 2.89 |
| Dysentery | 2 | 0.03 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 100 | |||||
| Pneumonia | 15 | 0.26 | — | 2 | 4 | 5 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | - |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 0.03 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 30 | 0.53 | — | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 100 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 0.01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 100 |