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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 16
INFECTIOUS DISEASES—Notification by Age Groups, 1962
(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 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 31 |
| Measles | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 59 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| Dysentery | — | — | 1 | — | — | I | 2 | — | — | — | 6 | ||
| Pneumonia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 11 | 2 | — | — | 18 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |