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Coulsdon and Purley 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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COMPARATIVE CRUDE BIRTH-RATES, CIVILIAN DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY AND CASE-RATES FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE YEAR 1950.
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births: | Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population: | ||||
| Live Births | 15.8 | 17.6 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 11.7 |
| Still Births | 0.37 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.20 |
| Deaths: | |||||
| All causes | 11.6 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 9.5 |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Whooping cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Tuberculosis | 0.36 | 0.42 | 0.33 | 0.39 | 0.26 |
| Influenza | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.03 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Pneumonia | 0.46 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.32 |
| Notifications (Corrected) | |||||
| Typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Meningococcal infection | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | — |
| Scarlet fever | 1.50 | 1.56 | 1.61 | 1.23 | 2.31 |
| Whooping cough | 3.60 | 3.97 | 3.15 | 3.21 | 3.75 |
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | — |
| Erysipelas | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.06 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — |
| Measles | 8.39 | 8.76 | 8.36 | 6.57 | 7.24 |
| Pneumonia | 0.70 | 0.77 | 0.61 | 0.50 | 0.35 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis— | |||||
| Paralytic | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.13 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
| Food poisoning | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.25 | 0.09 |
| Deaths: | Rates per 1,000 Live Births : | ||||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 29.8 | 33.8 | 29.4 | 26.3 | 17.2 |
| Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| Notifications (Corrected)): | Rates per 1,000 (Live and Still Births : | ||||
| Puerperal fever and pyrexia | 5.81 | 7.43 | 4.33 | 6.03 | 2.60 |
| Maternal Mortality: | |||||
| Abortion with Sepsis. . | 0.09 | — | |||
| Other abortion | 0.05 | — | |||
| Complication before/ during delivery | 0.54 | 1.3 | |||
| Sepsis following delivery | 0.03 | 1.3 | |||
| Other complications following delivery | 0.15 | — | |||
| A dash (—) signifies that there were no cases. | |||||