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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 1962
[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 Northwest East | Northwest | Central | South-East | Southwest | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 31 | 0.54 | — | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 6.45 |
| Measles | 59 | 1.04 | — | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 16 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 18 | 0.31 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Dysentery | 6 | 0.10 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 6 | 0.10 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 16.6 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 0.03 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 50.0 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 18 | 0.31 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 18 | 100.0 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 0.01 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |