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Carshalton 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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The 21 deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis represent an annual
death-rate of 0.60 per 1,000 of the estimated population. The average rate
for the ten years, 1916 to 1925, was 0 68. There was one death from
General Tuberculosis, one from Tuberculous Meningitis, and one from
Tuberculous Peritonitis.
The following Table shows the mean population, the number of cases notified, and the number of deaths from certain infectious diseases in each quinquennium during the 50 years from 1876 to 1925:—
| Period. | Mean Population. | Cases. | Deaths. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | ||
| 1876— | 13200 | — | — | — | 17 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 114 |
| 1881— | 14300 | 257 | 102 | 37 | 13 | 29 | 5 | a | 25 | 91 |
| 1886— | 15500 | 88 | 100 | 21 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 83 |
| 1891— | 17000 | 214 | 96 | 21 | 8 | 38 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 88 |
| 1896— | 18600 | 348 | 80 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 92 |
| 1901— | 21500 | 266 | 118 | 21 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 76 |
| 1906— | 25000 | 318 | 153 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 74 |
| 1911— | 28300 | 337 | 106 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 88 | |
| 1916— | 27700 | 157 | 169 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 116 |
| 1925— | 32500 | 229 | 80 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 88 |
Notification of infectious disease was voluntary until 1889, and the
figures representing the number of cases up to that year are, therefore,
incomplete.
VII.—MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
In the five years 6 casus of Puerperal Fever were notified, and 8 other
persons belonging to the District died of the disease elsewhere ; there were,
in all, 7 deaths, 5 of which occurred in hospitals. Ten cases of Ophthalmia
were notified, of which several were in a mild form ; one patient was
removed to Moorfields Hospital and another to St. Margaret's Hospital; all
made good recovery. Among young children, Measles caused 8 deaths,
"Whooping Cough 7, and Epidemic Diarrhoea 7 ; 4 of the deaths from
Measles, 2 from Whooping Cough, and all from Diarrhoea occurred among
children under one year of age ; 3 of the other deaths from Measles and 3
from Whooping Cough, among children between the ages of 1 and 2 years ;
the remaining 3 deaths occurring between the ages of 2 and 5 years. A
child of 4 years of age was notified to be suffering from Poliomyelitis, and
was treated in the acute stage at St. Thomas's Hospital, and continued to
attend for after treatment.