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Coulsdon and Purley 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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COMPARATIVE CRUDE BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL DEATH-RATES, AND CASE-RATES for certain Infectious Diseases in the Year 1945.
| England and Wales. | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London. | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Population 25,000— 50,000 at 1931 Census. | London Adminis-trative County. | Coulsdon and Purley Urban District. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population: | |||||
| Live births | 16.1* | 19.1 | 19.2 | 15.7 | 14.0 |
| Still births | 0.46* | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.40 | 0.43 |
| Deaths: | |||||
| All causes | 11.4* | 13.5 | 12.3 | 13.8 | 10.2 |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Whooping cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Influenza | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.09 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Notifications: | |||||
| Typhoid fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.01 |
| Scarlet fever | 1.89 | 2.02 | 2.03 | 1.57 | 1.25 |
| Whooping cough | 1.64 | 1.65 | 1.47 | 1.25 | 1.87 |
| Diphtheria | 0.46 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 0.31 | 0.28 |
| Erysipelas | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.31 | 0.07 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | — |
| Measles | 11.67 | 10.89 | 11.19 | 9.03 | 13.18 |
| Pneumonia | 0.87 | 1.03 | 0.72 | 0.78 | 0.31 |
| Kates per 1,000 live births: | |||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | 46† | 54 | 43 | 53 | 32 |
| Deaths from diarrhoea and enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.6 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 7.6 | — |
| Rates per 1,000 live and still births: | |||||
| Maternal mortality: | 0.24 1.22 1.46 | Not available | — | ||
| Puerperal sepsis | |||||
| Others | |||||
| Total | |||||
| Notifications: | 9.93 | 12.65 | 8.81 | 2.66 | |
| Puerperal fever | 3.60 | ||||
| Puerperal pyrexia | 15.87 | ||||
*Rates per 1,000 total population.
†Per 1,000 related births.
‡Includes puerperal fever.
A dash (—) signifies no deaths or notifications.
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