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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Carshalton 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Table: SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1937.(Based on the Registrar-General's Figures.)

SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1937.

(Based on the Registrar-General's Figures.)

Population.
Mid. 1937 Registrar-General's Estimate58,030
Births.M.F.Total
Live (Legitimate)435416851
(Illegitimate)16723
451423874
Birth Rate13.3
Still-births15621
Stl-bth. Rate per 1,000 total births23.4
Deaths188200388
Death Rate (crude)6.6
Infant Mortality.
All deaths under 1 year201636
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births)41.1
Deaths of leg. infts. under 1 year171633
Rate per 1,000 legmt. births38.7
Deaths of illeg. infts. under 1 year3—3
Rate per 1,000 lllegmt. births130.4
Maternal Mortality.
Deaths from Sepsis—
Rate per 1,000 total births—
Deaths from other causes—
Rate per 1,000 total births—
Maternal Death Rate—
Zymotic Deaths.
7 Principal Zymotic Diseases5
Deaths from Measles—
Deaths from Whooping Cough—
„ from Diarrhoea (und. 2 yrs).—
Zymotic Death Rate0.08
Deaths from Tuberculosis.
All Forms37
Rate per 1,000 of population0.63
Phthisis34
Rate per 1,000 of population0.58
Deaths from Cancer.47
Rate per 1,000 of population0.80