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Coulsdon and Purley 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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COMPARATIVE CRUDE BIRTH-RATES, CIVILIAN DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY AND CASE-RATES FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE YEAR 1953.
| England and Wales. | 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London. | 160 Smaller Towns (Resident Population 25,000-50,000 at 1951 Census | London Administrative County. | Coulsdon and Purley Urban District. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births | Rates per 1,000 Home Population : | |||||
| Live Births | 15.5 | 17.0 | 15.7 | 17.5 | 11.6 | |
| Still Births | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.38 | 0.23 | |
| 22.4+ | 24.8+ | 21.4† | 21.0† | 18.3t | ||
| Deaths | ||||||
| All causes | 11.4 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 15.3 | |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — | |
| Whooping cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | |
| Tuberculosis | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.29 | |
| Influenza | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.46 | |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | |
| Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - | |
| Pneumonia | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0.52 | 0.64 | 1.42 | |
| Notifications (Corrected) | ||||||
| Typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | — | |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — | |
| Meningococcal infection | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | — | |
| Scarlet fever | 1.39 | 1.50 | 1.44 | 1.02 | 1.82 | |
| Whooping cough | 3.58 | 3.72 | 3.38 | 3.30 | 1.02 | |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | — | |
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.04 | |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | |
| Measles | 12.36 | 11.27 | 12.32 | 8.09 | 20.35 | |
| Pneumonia | 0.84 | 0.92 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.68 | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) | ||||||
| Paralytic | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.12 | |
| Non-paralytic | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.01 | |
| Food poisoning | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.38 | 0.03 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 18.23† | 24.33† | 12.46† | 28.61† | 3.92† | |
| Deaths | Rates per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 26.8* | 30.8 | 24.3 | 24.8 | 29.3 | |
| Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.6 | |
| Maternal Mortality t | ||||||
| Abortion with Sepsis.. | 0.06 | — | ||||
| Other abortion | 0.04 | — | ||||
| Toxaemia | 0.25 | — | ||||
| Haemorrhage | 0.13 | — | ||||
| Sepsis | 0.10 | — | ||||
| Other complicatons | 0.18 | 1.31 | ||||
A dash (—) signifies that there were no cases,
t per 1,000 Total (Live and Still Births).
* per 1,000 Related Live Births.
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