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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 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Table: SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1939.(Based on the Registrar-General's Figures).

SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1939.

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

Population.
Mid. 1939 Registrar-General's Estimate(a) 59,510
(b) 59,070
Births.M.F.T otal.
Live (Legitimate)(c) 419360779
(d) 420362782
(Illegitimate)(c) 8513
(d) 8513
(c) 427365792
(d) 428367795
Birth Rate13.2
Still-births (Legitimate)12820
(Illegitimate)–––
12820
Stl.-bth. Rate per 1,000 total births24.7
Deaths
Death Rate (crude)7.1
Infant Mortality.
All deaths under 1 year171128
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births)35.4
Deaths of leg. infts. under 1 year14923
Rate per 1,000 legitimate births29.4
Deaths of illeg. infts. under 1 year325
Rate per 1,000 illegitimate births384
Maternal Mortality.
Deaths from Sepsis0
Rate per 1,000 total births0
Deaths from other causes3
Rate per 1,000 total births3.7
Maternal Death Rate3.7
Zymotic Deaths.
7 Principal Zymotic Diseases3
Deaths from Measles0
Deaths from Whooping Cough0
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 yrs)3
Zymotic Death Rate0.05
Deaths from Tuberculosis.
All Forms46
Rate per 1,000 of population0.77
Phthisis42
Rate per 1,000 of population0.71
Deaths from Cancer.68
Rate per 1,000 of population1.15

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(a) for calculation of birth rates ;
(b) for calculation of death rates or incidence of infectious disease;
(c) for calculation of birth rates ;
(d) for calculation of infant and maternal mortality.
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