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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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Table: Tuberculosis accounted for 13 deaths as against 22 in 1949. The death rate for this disease thereby fell to 0.20 per thousand population. The death rates from tuberculosis for the last twenty years were as follows:—

Tuberculosis accounted for 13 deaths as against 22 in 1949. The death rate for this disease thereby fell to 0.20 per thousand population. The death rates from tuberculosis for the last twenty years were as follows:—

Year.Death Rate per 1,000 Population.Year.Death Rate per 1,000 Population.
19310.6619410.71
19320.5219420.46
19331.1019430.81
19340.6019440.63
19350.9619450.51
19360.6419460.41
19370.6319470.40
19380.6319480.40
19390.7719490.35
19400.5619500.20

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The distribution of tuberculosis mortality by wards and other
details are given in Section F. of this Report.
The common infectious diseases were responsible for 2 deaths,
one from whooping cough and one from measles. There were no
deaths from infantile paralysis or any of the other infectious diseases.
Violence in one form or another caused the death of 14 residents
in the following ways:—
Suicide 4
Drowning 1
Road Traffic Accidents 3
Accidents in the Home 5
Coal Gas Poisoning 1
Inquests.
Inquests were held on 51 persons who died in the district. The
following verdicts were returned:—
Accidental Death 34
Suicide 8
Open Verdict 1
Misadventure 3
Natural Causes 5
Eighteen of the total were residents of the district. Eleven deaths
were due to road accidents.
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