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—1938.
England and Wales | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | London Administrative County | Carshalton | |
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Rates per 1,000 Population. | |||||
Births— | |||||
Live | 15.1 | 15.0 | 15.4 | 13.4 | 14.7 |
Still | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.60 | 0.48 | 0.56 |
Deaths— | * 7.6 | ||||
All Causes | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.0 | 11.4 | †8.3 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | — | — |
Measles | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
Scarlet Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
Whooping Cough | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | — |
Diphtheria | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.05 | — |
Influenza | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
Notifications— | |||||
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
Scarlet Fever | 2.41 | 2.60 | 2.58 | 2.05 | 4.06 |
Diphtheria | 1.58 | 1.85 | 1.53 | 1.90 | 1.78 |
Enteric Fever | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
Erysipelas | 0.40 | 0.46 | 0.39 | 0.46 | 0.34 |
Pneumonia | 1.10 | 1.28 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 1.65 |
Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||
Deaths under 1 year of age | 53 | 57 | 51 | 57 | 46 |
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.5 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 13.1 | 4.6 |
Maternal Mortality— | • | ||||
Puerperal Sepsis | 0.89) | Not available | 1.15 | ||
Others | 2.19 | 1.15 | |||
Total | 3.08) | 12.30 | |||
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e., Live and Still). | |||||
Maternal Mortality— | |||||
Puerperal Sepsis | 0.86 | Not available | 1.11 | ||
Others | 2.11 | 1.11 | |||
Total | 2.97 | 2.22 | |||
Notifications— | |||||
Puerperal Fever | 14.42 | 18.08 | 12.51 | 3.53 | 13.33 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 15.46 |
* Crude. † Comparable.
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