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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Carshalton 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 4.
COMPARATIVE STATISTICS—1948.
| England and Wales. | 120 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 148 smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census). | London Administrative County. | Carshal-ton. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1.000 Civilian Population. | |||||
| Live | 17.9$ | 20.0 | 19.2 | 20.1 | 15.5 |
| Still | 0.421 | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.39 | 0.25 |
| All causes | 10.8J | 11.6 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 7.4 |
| Typhoid and | |||||
| Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | — |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | — |
| Tuberculosis | 0.51 | 0.59 | 0.46 | 0.63 | 0.40 |
| Influenza | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.02 | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.04 |
| Pneumonia | 0.41 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.54 | 0.27 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | 34† | 39 | 32 | 31 | 14 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 3.3 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.0 |
| Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population. | |||||
| Typhoid fever | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | — |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Cerebro Spinal fever | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Scarlet fever | 1.73 | 1.90 | 1.82 | 1.37 | 1.72 |
| Whooping Cough | 3.42 | 3.51 | 3.31 | 3.13 | 5.88 |
| Diphtheria | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.06 |
| Erysipelas | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.25 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 9.34 | 9.75 | 8.84 | 9.17 | 15.23 |
| Pneumonia | 0.73 | 0.84 | 0.60 | 0.57 | 0.90 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.06 |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | _ |
| Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still). | |||||
| Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia | 6.89 | 8.90 | 4.71 | §7.34 | 48.05 |
| Abortion with Sepsis | 0.11 | Not available | — | ||
| Abortion without Sepsis | 0.05 | — | |||
| Puerperal Infections | 0.13 | — | |||
| Other Puerperal causes | 0.73 | — | |||
* A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths. † Per 1,000 related births.
‡ Rates per 1,000 total population. § In London Puerperal Fever alone was 0.61.
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