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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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COMPARATIVE HEALTH STATISTICS, 1934/50.
| Crude Death Rate (Civilian) per 1,000 population. | Infant Mortality per 1,000 live births. | Maternal Mortality (excluding abortion) per 1,000 total births. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | England and Wales. | Carshalton. | England and Wales. | Carshalton. | England and Wales. | Carshalton. |
| 1934 | 11.8 | 8.6 | 59.3 | 53.5 | 3.8 | 3.0 |
| 1935 | 11.7 | 6.6 | 57.0 | 46.0 | 3.4 | 2.4 |
| 1936 | 12.1 | 7.1 | 58.7 | 46.7 | 3.1 | 5.4 |
| 1937 | 12.4 | 6.6 | 57.7 | 40.0 | 2.7 | 0 |
| 1938 | 11.6 | 7.6 | 52.8 | 46.1 | 2.7 | 1.1 |
| 1939 | 12.1 | 7.1 | 50.6 | 35.4 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
| 1940 | 14.4 | 8.7 | 56.8 | 43.8 | 2.1 | 3.8 |
| 1941 | 13.5 | 8.4 | 60.0 | 40.5 | 2.2 | 0 |
| 1942 | 12.3 | 7.5 | 50.6 | 27.5 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
| 1943 | 12.1 | 8.2 | 49.1 | 39.3 | 1.8 | 4.9 |
| 1944 | 11.6 | 9.5 | 45.4 | 39.2 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| 1945 | 11.4 | 8.2 | 46.0 | 23.2 | 1.4 | 0 |
| 1946 | 11.5 | 7.2 | 43.0 | 18.6 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 1947 | 12.0 | 7.8 | 41.0 | 22.8 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 1948 | 10.8 | 7.4 | 34.0 | 14.5 | 0.86 | 0 |
| 1949 | 11.7 | 8.3 | 32.0 | 29.0 | 0.82 | 0 |
| 1950 | 11.6 | 7.8 | 29.8 | 28.4 | 0.72 | 0 |
DEATHS.
The number of deaths allocated to the district was 487, of which
265 were males and 222 females. This gives a crude death rate of 7.8
per thousand population compared with 8.3 in the year before. The
" comparable " death rate arrived at by the application of the
Registrar-General's comparability factor of 1.26" to allow for
differences in the age and sex composition of the population was
per thousand population. This is the figure to be compared with the
death rate for England and Wales of 11.6.
The distribution of the deaths by wards was as follows:— WARD DEATH RATES AND MEAN AGE AT DEATH 1950.
| Ward. | Deaths. | Death Rate (crude). | Mean Age at death. |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helier North | 41 | 4.7 | 51.9 yrs. |
| St. Helier South | 36 | 5.1 | 52.1 „ |
| St. Helier West | 48 | 5.7 | 54.3 „ |
| North-East | 88 | 9.4 | 59.3 |
| North-West | 70 | 9.8 | 67.3 „ |
| Central | 67 | 11.0 | 68.1 .. |
| South-East (excluding Queen Mary's Hospital) | 63 | 8.0 | 65.4 „ |
| South-West | 76 | 11.5 | 66.3 „ |
| Whole District | 489 | 8.0 | 61.9 yrs. |