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Carshalton 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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TABLE4.COMPARATIVE STATISTICS—1946.

England and Wales.126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London148 smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census).London Administrative County.Carshalton.
*Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population.
Births—
Live19.1‡22.221.321.517.8
Still0.53‡0.670.590.540.38
Deaths—
All causes11.5‡12.711.712.77.2
Typhoid and Paratyphoid0.000.000.000.00
Scarlet Fever0.000.000.000.00
Whooping Cough0.020.020.020.02
Diphtheria0.010.010.010.010.01
Influenza0.150.130.140.120.03
Smallpox0.000.000.00
Measles0.000.010.000.01
Rates per 1,000 Live Births.
Deaths under 1 year of age43†46374118
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age4.46.12.84.20.9
Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population.
Notifications—
Typhoid Fever0.010.010.010.01
Paratyphoid Fever0.020.020.010.01
Cerebro Spinal Fever0.050.050.040.060.01
Scarlet Fever1.381.511.331.421.59
Whooping Cough2.282.482.052.223.19
Diphtheria0.280.320.310.240.21
Erysipelas0.220.250.220.270.16
Smallpox0.000.000.000.00
Measles3.924.733.707.358.52
Pneumonia0.891.020.740.751.09
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still).
Puerperal Fever8.5010.357.631.6228.31
Puerperal Pyrexia§9.68
Maternal Mortality—-
Abortion with Sepsis0.13Not available
Abortion without Sepsis0.06
Puerperal Infections0.18
Other Puerperal causes1.06

a A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths.
† Per 1,000 related births.
‡ Rates per 1,000 Total population.
§ Including Puerperal Fever.
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