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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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| Death Rate (crude) | 9.5 | |||
| Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| All deaths under 1 year | 21 | 14 | 35 | |
| Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 | ||||
| live births) | 39.2 | |||
| Deaths of leg. infts. under 1 year | 20 | 13 | 33 | |
| Rate per lr000 legitimate births | 38.8 | |||
| Deaths of illeg. infts. under 1 year | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rate per 1,000 illegitimate births | 48.7 | |||
| Deaths from Sepsis | 0 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 births | 0 | |||
| Deaths from other causes | 1 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 total births | 1.1 | |||
| Maternal Death Rate | 1.1 | |||
| 7 Principal Zymotic Diseases | 6 | |||
| Deaths from Measles | 0 | |||
| Deaths from Whooping Cough | 1 | |||
| Deaths from Diarrhœa (under 2 | ||||
| years) | 4 | |||
| Zymotic Death Rate | 0.11 | |||
| All Forms | 33 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 of population | 0.63 | |||
| Phthisis | 27 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 of population | 0.51 | |||
| 84 | ||||
| Rate per 1,000 of population | 1.60 | |||
The Registrar-General's statistics relating to population and
deaths differ slightly from those compiled from local records. The
total figures in respect of the district as a whole, which are supplied
by the Registrar-General, are set out in this report, but where classification
has been made, e.g., by age groups, sex, wards, etc., it has
necessarily been based on our own records, which may, in the
aggregate, show slight discrepancies compared with the RegistrarGeneral's
totals.
POPULATION.
The population of the district fluctuated during the war years
with the varying progress of the conflict and the degree of air
attack to which the district was subjected. At mid-year 1944 the
estimated population computed from local information was 55,630.
As the result of the flying bomb offensive, considerable evacuation,
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