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Coulsdon and Purley 1952
[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 INFECTIONS DISEASES IN THE YEAR 1952.
| England and Wales. | 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London. | 160 Smaller Towns (Resident Population 25,000-50,000 at 1951 Census | London Administrative County. | Coulsdon and Purley Urban District. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | 15.3 | 16.9 | 15.5 | 17.6 | 11.7 |
| Still Births | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.14 |
| All causes | 11.3 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 10.2 |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 |
| Whooping cough | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Tuberculosis | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.31 | 0.22 |
| Influenza | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | — | — | — | — |
| Acute poliomyelitis and | |||||
| polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.05 |
| Pneumonia | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.58 | 0.57 |
| Typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | — |
| Meningococcal infection | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Scarlet fever | 1.53 | 1.75 | 1.58 | 1.25 | |
| Whooping cough | 2.61 | 2.74 | 2.57 | 1.66 | 3.05 |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | — |
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.14 | — |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Measles | 8.86 | 10.11 | 8.49 | 9.23 | 2.64 |
| Pneumonia | 0.72 | 0.80 | 0.62 | 0.57 | 0.33 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) Paralytic | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.10 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Food poisoning | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.08 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17.87† | 23.94† | 10.224 | 30.77† | 2.63† |
| All causes under 1 year of age | 27.6* | 31.2 | 25.8 | 23.8 | 24.0 |
| Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | — |
| Abortion with Sepsis | 0.09 | — | |||
| Other abortion | 0.04 | — | |||
| Toxaemia | 0.23 | — | |||
| Haemorrhage | 0.09 | — | |||
| Sepsis | 0.09 | — | |||
| Other complications | 0.20 | — | |||
A dash (—) signifies that there were no cases.
† per 1,000 Total (Live and Still Births).
* per 1,000 Related Live Births.
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