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Carshalton 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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TABLE 4. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS—1938.

England and Wales126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census)London Administrative CountyCarshalton
Rates per 1,000 Population.
Births—
Live15.115.015.413.414.7
Still0.600.650.600.480.56
Deaths—* 7.6
All Causes11.611.711.011.4†8.3
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers0.00.000.000.000.00
Smallpox0.000.00
Measles0.040.050.030.060.03
Scarlet Fever0.010.010.010.01
Whooping Cough0.030.030.020.03
Diphtheria0.070.070.060.05
Influenza0.110.100.110.060.05
Notifications—
Smallpox0.000.000.00
Scarlet Fever2.412.602.582.054.06
Diphtheria1.581.851.531.901.78
Enteric Fever0.030.030.040.050.01
Erysipelas0.400.460.390.460.34
Pneumonia1.101.280.980.981.65
Rates per 1,000 Live Births.
Deaths under 1 year of age5357515746
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age5.57.83.613.14.6
Maternal Mortality—
Puerperal Sepsis0.89)Not available1.15
Others2.191.15
Total3.08)12.30
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e., Live and Still).
Maternal Mortality—
Puerperal Sepsis0.86Not available1.11
Others2.111.11
Total2.972.22
Notifications—
Puerperal Fever14.4218.0812.513.5313.33
Puerperal Pyrexia15.46

* Crude. † Comparable.
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