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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 17
MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1962
(Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)
| Disease | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 31 |
| Measles | 6 | 12 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 59 |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 18 |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 6 |
| Pneumonia | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 14 |
| Tuberculosis, Non-Pulmonary | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |