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Coulsdon and Purley 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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COMPARATIVE CRUDE BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL DEATH-RATES, AND CASE-RATES
for certain infectious diseases in the year 1946.
| England and Wales. | 120 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London. | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Population 25,000— 50,000 at 1931 Census. | London Administrative County. | Coulsdon and Purley Urban District. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population: | |||||
| Live births | 19.1 1 | 22.2 | 21.3 | 21.5 | 17.6 |
| Still births | 0.53* | 0.67 | 0.59 | 0.54 | 0.66 |
| Deaths: | |||||
| All causes | 11.5* | 12.7 | 11.7 | 12.7 | 9.8 |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Scarlet fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Whooping cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | — |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Influenza | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.16 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Measles | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | — |
| Notifications: | |||||
| Typhoid fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.05 |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Scarlet fever | 1.38 | 1.51 | 1.33 | 1.42 | 1.54 |
| Whooping cough | 2.28 | 2.48 | 2.05 | 2.22 | 0.51 |
| Diphtheria | 0.28 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.24 | 0.13 |
| Erysipelas | 0.22 | 0.25 | 0.22 | 0.27 | 0.13 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Measles | 3.92 | 4.73 | 3.70 | 7.35 | 2.33 |
| Pneumonia | 0.89 | 1.02 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.26 |
| Rates per 1,000 live births: | |||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | 43† | 46 | 37 | 41 | 25 |
| Deaths from diarrhœa and enteritis under 2 years of age | 4.4 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 0.9 |
| Rates per 1,000 live and still births : | |||||
| Maternal mortality: | |||||
| Sepsis | 0.31 | 1.81 | |||
| Others | 1.12 | 0.90 | |||
| Notifications : | |||||
| Puerperal fever | 8.50 | 10.35 | 7.63 | 1.62 | 1.81 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 9.68 | ||||
*Rates per 1,000 total population.
†Per 1,000 related births.
‡Includes puerperal fever.
A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths.
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