Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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Shewing the Sickness and Mortality recorded in the District from the under-mentioned Zymotic Diseases in each month of the year 1896, and in the six preceding years.
| 1896. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric (or Typhoid) Fever. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Houses | Deaths | Cases | Houses | Deaths | Cases | Houses | Deaths | Cases | Houses | Deaths | |
| January | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| February | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| March | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| April | ||||||||||||
| May | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| June | 1 | |||||||||||
| July | ||||||||||||
| Augest | ||||||||||||
| September | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||
| October | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| November | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| December | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total in 1896 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Total in 1895 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total in 1894 | 6 | 6 | 1 | I | 5 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| Total in 1893 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Total in 1892 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Total in 1891 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Total in 1890 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||||
Shewing the number of Deaths in the District from each of the seven principal Zymotic Diseases during the twenty-three years, 1874—1896, and the Zymotic Death-rate for each of those years.
| Year. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Continued Fever. | Diarrhœa. | TOTAL. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid | other kinds. | Number. | Rate per 1000 of the population. | |||||||
| 1874 | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 12 | 3.0 |
| 1875 | .. | .. | 18 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 20 | 5.3 |
| 1876 | .. | 8 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | 23 | 5.4 | |
| 1877 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0.2 |
| 1878 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 10 | 2.2 |
| 1879 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1.1 |
| 1880 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 12 | 2.6 |
| 1881 | .. | 2 | 8 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 15 | 3.1 |
| 1882 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 12 | 2.4 |
| 1883 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 0.8 |
| 1884 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 9 | 1.8 |
| 1885 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 0.8 |
| 1886 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 15 | 3.0 |
| 1887 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | .6 |
| 1888 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | .8 |
| 1889 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 1.5 |
| 1890 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | 1.5 |
| 1891 | .. | 6 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 10 | 1.8 |
| 1892 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .4 |
| 1893 | .. | . . | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | 1.3 | |
| 1894 | .. | 8 | .. | . . | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 9 | 1.6 |
| 1895 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | l | .. | 5 | 10 | 1.8 | |
| 1896 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | •• | .. | l | .. | 3 | 6 | 1.05 |