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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 4. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS—1945.
| 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 | 16.l‡ | 19.1 | 19.2 | 15.7 | 15.0 | |
| Still | 0.46‡ | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.40 | 0.37 | |
| All causes | 11.4‡ | 13.5 | 12.3 | 13.8 | 8.2 . | |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | _ | |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | |
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | — | |
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | — | |
| Influenza | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.03 | |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | —, | — . | |
| Measles | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | 46 † | 54 | 43 | 53 | 23 | |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.6 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 7.6 | 1.2 | |
| Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population. | ||||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | — | |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.01 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.89 | 2.02 | 2.03 | 1.57 | 1.99 | |
| Whooping Cough | 1.64 | 1.65 | 1.47 | 1.25 | 1.91 | |
| Diphtheria | 0.46 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 0.31 | 0.44 | |
| Erysipelas | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.31 | 0.23 | |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | |
| Measles ... ' ... | 11.67 | 10.39 | 11.19 | 9.03 | 12.64 | |
| Pneumonia ... | 0.87 | 1.03 | 0.72 | 0.78 | 0.73 | |
| Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still). | ||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 9.93 | 12.65 | 8.81 | 3.60 | 37.08 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 15.87 § | |||||
| Abortion with Sepsis | 0.25 | — | ||||
| Abortion without Sepsis | 0.08 | - | ||||
| Puerperal Infections | 0.24 | — | ||||
| Other Puerperal causes | 1.22 | — | ||||
| A dash (—■) signifies none. | ||||||
| † Per 1,000 related births. | ||||||
| ‡ Rates per 1,000 Total Population. | ||||||
| § Including Puerperal Fever. | ||||||