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 Coulsdon]
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England and Wales. | 121 County Boroughs aud Great Towns including London. | 140 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census). | London A dminis-trative County. | Coulsdon and Purley Urban District. | |
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Rates per 1,000 Population. | |||||
Births :— Live | 14.7 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 13.3 | 12.2 |
Still | 0.62 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.52 | 0.57 |
Deaths All Causes | 11.7 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 7.9 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
Smallpox | -— | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.00 | — |
Scarlet fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
Whooping Cough | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | — |
Diphtheria | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
Influenza | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.29 |
Violence | 0.52 | 0.45 | 0.41 | 0.51 | 0.45 |
Notification :— Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
Scarlet Fever | 2.96 | 3.19 | 2.75 | 2.64 | 2.55 |
Diphtheria | 1.60 | 1.96 | 1.34 | 2.25 | 1.07 |
Enteric Fever | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
Erysipelas | 0.42 | 0.48 | 0.37 | 0.45 | 0.22 |
Pneumonia | 1.15 | 1.36 | 0.98 | 0.89 | 0.65 |
Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||
Deaths under 1 yr. of age | 57 | 62 | 55 | 58 | 32 |
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.7 | 7.9 | 3.8 | 11.2 | 1.6 |
Maternal Mortality: Puerperal Sepsis | 1.68 | Not available. | |||
Others | 2.42 | 1.68 | |||
Total | 4.10 | 1.68 | |||
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e., Live and Still). | |||||
Maternal Mortality : Puerperal Sepsis | 1.61 | Not available. | |||
Others | 2.32 | 1.61 | |||
Total | 3.93 | 1.61 | |||
Notifications :— Puerperal Fever | 3.60 | 4.55 | 2.76 | 4.32 | 1.61 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 9.44 | 11.14 | 8.25 | 11.89 | 1.61 |