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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
This page requires JavaScript
COMPARATIVE CRUDE BIRTH-RATES, CIVILIAN DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY AND CASE-RATES FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE YEAR 1948.
| 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: | |||||
| Births: | |||||
| Live Births | 17.9(a) | 20.0 | 19.2 | 20.1 | 14.6 |
| Still Births | 0.42(a) | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.39 | 0.25 |
| Deaths: | |||||
| All causes | 10.8(a) | 11.6 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 8.7 |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid .. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Whooping cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | — |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | — |
| Tuberculosis | 0.51 | 0.59 | 0.46 | 0.63 | 0.13 |
| Influenza | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | _ |
| Pneumonia | 0.41 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.54 | 0.38 |
| Notifications (Corrected): | |||||
| Typhoid fever | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | — |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Scarlet fever | 1.73 | 1.90 | 1.82 | 1.37 | 0.99 |
| Whooping cough | 3.42 | 3.51 | 3.31 | 3.13 | 3.20 |
| Diphtheria | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.10 | — |
| Erysipelas | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.13 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 9.34 | 9.75' | 8.84 | 9.17 | 9.04 |
| Pneumonia | 0.73 | 0.84 | 0.60 | 0.57 | 0.21 |
| Acute poliomyelitis | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| Acute polioencephalitis | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Deaths: | Rates per 1,000 Live Births: | ||||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 34 (b) | 39 | 32 | 31 | 26 |
| Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 3.3 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.1 |
| Notifications. (Corrected): | Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births: | ||||
| Puerperal fever and pyrexia | 6.89 | 8.90 | 4.71 | 7.34(c) | 2.14 |
| Maternal Mortality: | England and Wales. Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births. | Coulsdon and Purley Urban District. Rat s per 1,003 Total (Live and Still) Births. | |||
| Abortion with sepsis | 0.11 | — | |||
| Abortion without sepsis | 0.05 | — | |||
| Puerperal infections | 0.13 | — | |||
| Other maternal causes | 0.73 | 1.07 | |||
(a) Rates per 1,000 total population.
(b) Per 1,000 related birtlis.
(c) In London puerperal fever alone was 0.61.
A da§h (—) signifies that there were no cases,
17