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Coulsdon and Purley 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]

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OMPARATIVE CRUDE BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL DEATH-RATES, AND CASE-RATES

FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE YEAR 1947.

England and Wales.126 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 Births20.6*23.322.222 717.0
Still Births0.50*0.620.540.490.49
Deaths
All causes12.0*13.011.912.810.8
Typhoid and paratyphoid0.000.000.000.00-
Scarlet fever0.000.000.000.000.02
Whooping cough0.020.030.020.02
Diphtheria0.010.010.010.01
Influenza0.090.090.080.080.05
Smallpox0.000.000.00-
Measles0.010.020.020.01
Notifications :
Typhoid fever0.010 010.000.010.02
Paratyphoid fever0.010 010.010.010.02
Cerebro-spinal fever0.050.060.050.050 02
Scarlet fever1.371.541.371.311.25
Whooping cough2.222412.022.801.84
Diphtheria0.130.150.140.14
Erysipelas0.190.210.180.220.08
Smallpox0.000.000.010.00
Measles9.419.139.585.293.49
Pneumonia0.790.890.680.640.32
Rates for 1,000 Live Births :
Deaths under 1 year of age41147363723
Deaths from diarrhoea and enteritis under 2 years of age5.88.03.74.8
Rates for 1,000 Live and Still Births :
Notifications : Puerperal fever7.168.996.271.210.91
Puerperal pyrexia6-941
Maternal Mortality :Coulsdon and Purley
England and Wales Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births,Rates per million women aged 15-44.Urban District. Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births.
Abortion with sepsis0.109
Abortion without sepsis0.065
Puerperal infections0.16
Other maternal causes0.851.83