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Carshalton 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Scarlet Fever
Scarlet Fever continues to decline both in incidence and severity.
As has been noted in previous reports, the infecting organism is one which
is very vulnerable to anti-biotic treatment or sulpha drug therapy.
The number of cases fell further from 46 to 31 in 1962, which is
the second lowest recorded total for any year. Only two cases were removed
to hospital. Twenty years ago the majority of cases which were anything
up to ten times the present number, were admitted to isolation hospital.

Table: TABLE 10SCARLET FEVER-DISTRIBUTION OF CASES, 1962

TABLE 10

SCARLET FEVER-DISTRIBUTION OF CASES, 1962

1962WardTotal
St. Helier NorthSt. Helier SouthSt. Helier WestNorth-EastNorthwestCentralSouth-EastSouth-West
January--12----3
February--11----2
March---------
April-1-11---3
May----1---1
June---------
July--11----2
August-----1--1
September----1-1-2
October1-1-1-2-5
November1-5-----6
December---5--1-6
Totals21910414-31
Monthly Mean0.160.080.750.830.330.080.33-2.58
Case rate per 1,000 population0.280.171.361.120.580.170.46-0.54

Table: TABLE 11SCARLET FEVER-MULTIPLE CASES, 1962

TABLE 11

SCARLET FEVER-MULTIPLE CASES, 1962

WardNo. of houses in which occurredTotal HousesTotal Cases
1 Case2 Cases3 Cases5 Cases
St. Helier North1---12
St. Helier South1---11
St. Helier West5--169
North-East7-1-810
North-West4---44
Central1---11
South-East22--44
South-West------
Whole Distric212112531