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Coulsdon and Purley 1951
[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 CASERATES
FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE YEAR 1951.
COMPARATIVE CRUDE BIRTH-RATES, CIVILIAN DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY AND CASE-RATES FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE YEAR 1951.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | 15.5 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 12.2 | |
| Still Births | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.36 | |
| All causes | 12.5 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 11.5 | |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | 0.02 | |
| Whooping cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — | |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | |
| Tuberculosis | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 0.33 | |
| Influenza | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.23 | 0.23 | |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 00 | — | — | |
| Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | — | |
| Pneumonia | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.51 | |
| Typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.12 | |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.05 | |
| Meningococcal infection | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0 03 | 0.03 | — | |
| Scarlet fever | 1.11 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.10 | 1.39 | |
| Whooping cough | 3.87 | 3.62 | 4.00 | 3.11 | 3.18 | |
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | — | |
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.05 | |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | |
| Measles | 14.07 | 13 93 | 14.82 | 14.64 | 12.60 | |
| Pneumonia | 0.99 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 0.72 | 0.79 | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) Paralytic | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | — | |
| Non-paralytic | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | — | |
| Food poisoning | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0 08 | 0.23 | 0.03 | |
| All causes under 1 year of age | 29.6* | 33.9 | 27.6 | 26.4 | 21.7 | |
| Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | — | |
| 10.66 | 13.77 | 8.08 | 14.90 | 3.72 | ||
| England and Wales. Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births. | Coulsdon and Purley Urban District. Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births. | |||||
| Abortion with Sepsis | 0.09 | — | ||||
| Other abortion | 0.05 | — | ||||
| Toxaemia | 0.24 | — | ||||
| Haemorrhage | 0.13 | — | ||||
| Sepsis | 0.10 | — | ||||
| Other complications | 0.18 | — | ||||
A dash (—) signifies that there were no cases.
* per 1,000 Related Live Births.
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