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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Table: SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1938.(Based on the Registrar-General's Figures.)

SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1938.

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

Population.
Mid. 1938 Registrar-General's Estimate58,730
Births.M.F.Total
Live (Legitimate)446400846
(Illegitimate)81321
454413867
Birth Rate14.7
Still-births (legitimate)221133
(illegitimate)112
231235
Stl-bth.Rate per 1,000 total births38.8
Deaths244204448
Death Rate (crude)7.6
Infant Mortality.
All deaths under 1 year251540
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births)46.1
Deaths of leg. infts. under 1 year251540
Rate per 1,000 legmt. births49.6
Deaths of illeg. infts. under 1 year———
Rate per 1,000 illegmt. births—
Maternal Mortality.
Deaths from Sepsis1
Rate per 1,000 total births1.1
Deaths from other causes1
Rate per 1,000 total births1.1
Maternal Death Rate2.3
Zymotic Deaths.
7 Principal Zymotic Diseases6
Deaths from Measles2
Deaths from Whooping Cough–
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 yrs.)4
Zymotic Death Rate0.12
Deaths from Tuberculosis.
All Forms37
Rate per 1,000 of population0.63
Phthisis34
Rate per 1,000 of population0.57
Deaths from Cancer.62
Rate per 1,000 of population1 .55