London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Coulsdon and Purley 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
This page requires JavaScript
COMPARATIVE CRUDE BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL DEATH-RATES, AND CASE-RATES for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1937.
| England and Wales. | 125 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London. | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census). | London A dministrative County. | Coulsdon and Purley Urban District. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Population. | |||||
| Births:— | |||||
| Live | 14.9 | 14.9 | 15.3 | 13.3 | 12.8 |
| Still | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.54 | 0.28 |
| Deaths:— | |||||
| All Causes | 12.4 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 8.5 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | - |
| Scarlet fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.06 | - |
| Diphtheria | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.05 | - |
| Influenza | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.42 | 0.38 | 0.36 |
| Violence | 0.54 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.51 | 0.61 |
| Notifications:— | |||||
| Smallpox | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 2.33 | 2.56 | 2.42 | 2.09 | 1.15 |
| Diphtheria | 1.49 | 1.81 | 1.38 | 1.93 | 0.15 |
| Enteric Fever | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.49 |
| Erysipelas | 0.37 | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.44 | 0.26 |
| Pneumonia | 1.36 | 1.58 | 1.20 | 1.18 | 0.55 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||
| Deaths under 1 yr. of age Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 58 | 62 | 55 | 60 | 35 |
| 5.8 | 7.9 | 3.2 | 12.0 | 4 3 | |
| Maternal Mortality | |||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 0.97 | Not available. | 1.45 | ||
| Others | 2.26 | 1.45 | |||
| Total | 3.23 | 2.89 | |||
| Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e., Live and .Still). | |||||
| Maternal Mortality : | |||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 0.94 | Not available. | 1 42 | ||
| Others | 2.17 | 1.42 | |||
| Total | 3.11 | 2.83 | |||
| Notifications:— | |||||
| Puerperal Fever | 13.93 | 17.59 | 11.52 | 4.15 | 7 07 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1434 | 2.82 | |||
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The year 1937 compared very favourably with preceding years
from the point of view of notifiable infectious disease, with a total of
154 notified cases, other than tuberculosis, compared with 183, 230
and 190 in the three preceding years. Had it not been for the outbreak
16