Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 4. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS-1937.
England and Wales | 125 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | l48Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25000 to 50.000 at 1931 Census) | London Administrative County | Carshalton | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rates per 1,000 Population. | |||||
Live | 14.9 | 14.9 | 15.3 | 13.3 | 13.3 |
Still | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.54 | 0.36 |
*6.6 | |||||
All Causes | 12.4 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 12.3 | †7.4 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | — |
Scarlet Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
Whooping Cough | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.06 | — |
Diphtheria | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
Influenza | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.42 | 0.38 | 0.32 |
Violence | 0.54 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.51 | 0.25 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | — | — |
Scarlet Fever | 2.33 | 2.56 | 2.42 | 2.09 | 5.06 |
Diphtheria | 1.49 | 1.81 | 1.38 | 1.93 | 1.60 |
Enteric Fever | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
Erysipelas | 0.37 | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.44 | 0.22 |
Pneumonia | 1.36 | 1.58 | 1.20 | 1.18 | 1.98 |
Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||
Deaths under 1 year of age | 58 | 62 | 55 | 60 | 41 |
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.8 | 7.9 | 3.2 | 12.0 | - |
Puerperal Sepsis | 0.97 | ||||
Others | 2.26 | - | |||
Total | 3.23 | ||||
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e., Live and Still). | |||||
Puerperal Sepsis | 0.94 | - | |||
Others | 2.17 | - | |||
Total | 3.11 | - | |||
Puerperal Fever | 13.93 | 17.59 | 11.52 | 4.15 | 1.11 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 14.34 | 5.58 | |||
* Crude. | † Comparable. |