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Carshalton 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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DEATHS.
After adjustment by transferable deaths, the number registered
was 419, of which 220 were males and 199 females. This gives a crude
death rate of 7.1 per 1,000 population, compared with 7.6 in the year
before. The " comparable " death rate, produced by the application
to the crude rate of the comparability factor to allow for age and sex
differences in the local population and that of the country as a whole,
is 7.9. This is the rate which should be compared with the death rate
for England and Wales of 12.1.
The distribution of the deaths by Wards was as follows:— WARD DEATH RATES AND MEAN AGE AT DEATH, 1939.
| Ward. | Deaths | Death Rate (crude) | Mean Age at death |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helier North | 45 | 5.2 | 44.8 yrs. |
| St. Helier South | 41 | 5.8 | 30.0 ,, |
| St. Helier West | 42 | 4.9 | 45.9 ,, |
| North-East | 61 | 6.7 | 51.6 ,, |
| North-West | 58 | 8.0 | 56.2 „ |
| Central | 88 | 14.3 | 66.5 ,, |
| South-East (excluding Queen Mary's Hospital) | 41 | 5.6 | 56.8 „ |
| South-West | 44 | 6.7 | 70.4 „ |
| Whole District | 420 | 7.0 | 54.4 „ |
TABLE 4.
BIRTH AND DEATH RATES FOR CARSHALTON, 1922—1939.
| Year | Population (Registrar-General's) | Birth Rate | Death Rate | Infant Mortality Rate | Maternal Mortality Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 14,240 | 19.7 | 8.8 | 50 | 10.6 |
| 1923 | 14,610 | 18.8 | 8.6 | 36 | 3.6 |
| 1924 | 15,050 | 18.5 | 10.1 | 58 | 7.1 |
| 1925 | 15,660 | 20.0 | 10.0 | 42 | 3.2 |
| 1926 | 17,040 | 17.0 | 9.3 | 31 | 0.0 |
| 1927 | 18,450 | 16.5 | 9.1 | 72 | 9.8 |
| 1928 | 21,910 | 15.5 | 9.0 | 65 | 14.7 |
| 1929 | 23,420 | 18.8 | 9.4 | 61 | 0.0 |
| 1930 | 25,500 | 17.0 | 7.6 | 46 | 0.0 |
| 1931 | 28,620 | 16.7 | 7.5 | 43.8 | 8.1 |
| 1932 | 32,280 | 15.05 | 7.9 | 47.3 | 3.89 |
| 1933 | 35,260 | 14.9 | 8.8 | 64.4 | 4.23 |
| 1934 | 38,110 | 16.5 | 8.6 | 53.5 | 4.60 |
| 1935 | 51,000 | 15.7 | 6.6 | 46.0 | 4.80 |
| 1936 | 57,000 | 15.7 | 7.1 | 46.7 | 7.57 |
| 1937 | 58,030 | 15.0 | 6.6 | 40.0 | 0.0 |
| 1938 | 58,730 | 14.7 | 7.6 | 46.1 | 2.3 |
| 1939 | 13.2 | 7.1 | 35.4 | 3.7 | |