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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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TABLE 4. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS—1944.
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population. | |||||
| Live | 17.6‡ | 20.3 | 20.9 | 15.0 | 17.0 |
| Still | 0.5‡ | 0.64 | 0.61 | 0.42 | 0.28 |
| All causes | 11.6‡ | 13.7 | 12.4 | 15.7 | 9.5 |
| Typhoid and | |||||
| Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Whooping Cough ... | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.01 |
| Diphtheria ... | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Influenza | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.03 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | — |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | 46 † | 52 | 44 | 61 | 39 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under | |||||
| 2 years of age | 4.8 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 10.1 | 4.3 |
| Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population. | |||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2.40 | 2.41 | 2.67 | 1.57 | 3.04 |
| Whooping Cough | 2.49 | 2.49 | 2.29 | 2.90 | 3.90 |
| Diphtheria | 0.58 | 0.67 | 0.69 | 0.31 | 0.51 |
| Erysipelas | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.37 | 0.21 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Measles | 4.16 | 4.51 | 3.94 | 2.98 | 0.51 |
| Pneumonia | 0.97 | 1.13 | 0.82 | 0.93 | 0.57 |
| Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still). | |||||
| Puerperal Fever | 10.34 | 13.13 | 9.25 | 3.61 | 50.77 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 14.14 | ||||
| Abortion with Sepsis | 0.31 | 1 | — | ||
| Abortion without Sepsis | 0.09 | — | |||
| Puerperal Infections | 0.28 | — | |||
| Other Puerperal causes | 1.25 | 1 | 1.10 | ||
*A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths.
†Per 1,000 related births.
‡Rates per 1,000 Total Population.
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