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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There were 8 deaths among children between the ages of one year
and five years, with no outstanding cause of death.
The following Table shows for the District the average annual birth-rate, death-rate, infant mortality rate, and number of deaths of children between the ages of one and five years, for each of the last ten quinquennial periods, and for the year 1925:-
Birth rate. | Death rate. | Infant MorVy. | Average Deaths 1-5 years. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1876-1880 | 34.4 | 16.6 | 139 | 10 |
1881-1885 | 20.8 | 14.7 | 129 | 8 |
1886-1890 | 27.2 | 13.1 | 1,18 | 7 |
1891-'1895 | 29.2 | 16.3 | 124 | 9 |
1896-1900 | 27.6 | 13.4 | 132 | 7 |
1901-1905 | 24.3 | 11,7 | 118 | 12 |
1906-1910 | 25.9 | 9.5 | 80 | 6 |
1911-1915 | 20.2 | 9.3 | 76 | 7 |
1916-1920 | 17.6 | 10.7 | 64 | 10 |
1921-1925 | 18.9 | 9.5 | '53 | 5 |
1925 | 20.0 | 10.0 | 42 | 8 |
The number of deaths from various causes in the two periods 1916 to 1920, and 1921 to 1925, are shown in the following Table:-
1916-1920. | 1921-1925. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Cause of Death | Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. |
Enteric Fever | - | 1 | 1 | |
Small-pox | - | - | - | - |
Measles | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 3 | 1 | 6 | - |
Diphtheria | 3 | 7 | - | 3 |
Influenza | 12 | 35 | 6 | 9 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | 1 | |
Meningococcal Meningitis | - | - | - | - |
Respiiratory Tuberculosis | 28 | 26 | 24 | 16 |
0their Tuberculous Diseases | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
Cancer | 28 | 49 | 48 | 51 |
Rheumatic Fever | - | 1 | 1 | - |
Diabetes | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 18 | 19 | IS | 23 |
Heart Disease | 33 | 44 | 45 | 42 |
Arterio-sclerosis | 9 | 8 | 19 | 5 |
Bronchitis | 16 | 23 | 16 | 42 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 25 | 24 | 28 | 19 |
Other Respiratory Diseases | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
Ulcer of Stomaoh or Duodenum | 2 | - | 2 | 2 |
Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) | 3 | 3 | 4 | - |
Appendicitis and TyphTitis | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Cirrhosis of Liver | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Nephritis | 10 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
Puerperal Sepsis | - | .1 | - | 3 |
Other Accidents, etc., of Pregnancy | - | 2 | - | 6 |
Congenital Debility, etc | 18 | 8 | 20 | 13 |
Suicidte | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
Other Violence | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
Other defined Diseases | 64 | 64 | 60 | 74 |
Causes Ill-defined | - | - | - | - |
All Causes | 304 | 341 | 344 | 352 |