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Coulsdon and Purley 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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| England and Wales. | 122 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London. | 143 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census). | London Administrative County. | Coulsdon and Purley Urban District. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Population. | |||||
| Births:— | |||||
| Live | 14.8 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 13.6 | 12.5 |
| Still | 0.61 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.53 | 0.52 |
| Deaths:— | |||||
| All Causes | 12.1 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 8.5 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.02 |
| Scarlet fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.06 | — |
| Diphtheria | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| Influenza | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.11 |
| Violence | 0.52 | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.52 | 0.27 |
| Notifications:— | |||||
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 2.53 | 2.18 | 2.48 | 2.57 | 2.27 |
| Diphtheria | 1.39 | 1.31 | 1.26 | 1.69 | 0.68 |
| Enteric Fever | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Erysipelas | 0.40 | 0.38 | 0.35 | 0.44 | 0.23 |
| Pneumonia | 1.11 | 1.10 | 0.96 | 0.99 | 0.25 |
| Deaths under 1 yr. of age | Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||
| 59 | 63 | 55 | 66 | 33 | |
| Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.9 | 8.2 | 3.4 | 14.4 | 1.56 |
| Maternal Mortality: | |||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 1.40 | Not available. | 1.56 | ||
| Others | 2.41 | 1.56 | |||
| Total | 3.81 | 3.12 | |||
| Maternal Mortality: | Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e., Live and Still). | ||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 1.34 | Not available. | 1.49 | ||
| Others | 2.31 | 1.49 | |||
| Total | 3.65 | 2.99 | |||
| Notifications:— | |||||
| Puerperal Fever | 3.27 | 3.46 | 2.80 | 3.03 | 1.49 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 9.64 | 9.52 | 7.57 | 11.15 | — |
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The year 1936 compared favourably with its predecessors from the
point of view of notifiable Infectious Disease, with a total of 183 notified
cases, other than Tuberculosis, compared with 230 in 1935 and 190
in 1934. Had the waves of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, which
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