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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 1963
[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 | 41 | 0.73 | — | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 14.6 |
| Whooping Cough | 24 | 0.42 | — | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | — | 2 | 8.3 |
| Measles | 1070 | 19.10 | 1 | 98 | 60 | 111 | 200 | 182 | 123 | 151 | 145 | 14 | 1.3 |
| Dysentery | 10 | 0.17 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 40.0 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17 | 0.30 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 94.1 |
| Pneumonia | 13 | 0.23 | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Para Typhoid Fever | 14 | 0.24 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 85.7 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 0.01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 100.0 |