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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 4.
COMPARATIVE STATISTICS—1947.
| England and Wales. | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 148 smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census). | London Administrative County. | Carshal-ton. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population. | |||||
| Live | 20.5‡ | 23.3 | 22.2 | 22.7 | 17.0 |
| Still | 0.50‡ | 0.62 | 0.54 | 0.49 | 0.47 |
| All causes | 12.0‡ | 13.0 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 7.8 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | - |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - |
| Influenza | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.04 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - |
| Measles | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | - |
| Rates per 1.000 Live Births. | |||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | 41† | 47 | 36 | 37 | 22 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.8 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 1.9 |
| Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population. | |||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.37 | 1.54 | 1.37 | 1.31 | 1.59 |
| Whooping Cough | 2.22 | 2.41 | 2.02 | 2.80 | 3.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.06 |
| Erysipelas | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.19 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | - |
| Measles | 9.41 | 9.13 | 9.58 | 5.29 | 2.40 |
| Pneumonia | 0.79 | 0.89 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 1.15 |
| Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still). | |||||
| Puerperal Fever | 7.16 | 8.99 | 6.27 | 1.21 | 43.72 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | §6.94 | ||||
| Abortion with Sepsis | 0.10 | Not available | - | ||
| Abortion without Sepsis | 0.06 | - | |||
| Puerperal Infections | 0.16 | - | |||
| Other Puerperal causes | 0.85 | - | |||
* A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths.
† Per 1,000 related births.
‡ Rates per 1,000 Total population.
§ Including Puerperal Fever.
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