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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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COMPARATIVE HEALTH STATISTICS, 1934/49.
| 1 Death Rate (Civilian) per 1,000 population. | Infant Mortality per 1,000 live births. | Maternal Mortality (excluding abortion) per 1,000 total births. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | England and Wales | Carshalton. | England and Wales | Carshalton. | England and Wales | Carshalton. |
| 1934 | 11.8 | 8.6 | 59.3 | 53.5 | 3.8 | 3.0 |
| 1935 | 11.7 | 6.6 | 57.0 | 46.0 | 3.4 | 2.4 |
| 1936 | 12.1 | 7.1 | 58.7 | 46.7 | 3.1 | 5.4 |
| 1937 | 12.4 | 6.6 | 57.7 | 40.0 | 2.7 | 0 |
| 1938 | 11.6 | 7.6 | 52.8 | 46.1 | 2.7 | 1.1 |
| 1939 | 12.1 | 7.1 | 50.6 | 35.4 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
| 1940 | 14.4 | 8.7 | 56.8 | 43.8 | 2.1 | 3.8 |
| 1941 | 13.5 | 8.4 | 60.0 | 40.5 | 2.2 | 0 |
| 1942 | 12.3 | 7.5 | 50.6 | 27.5 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
| 1943 | 12.1 | 8.2 | 49.1 | 39.3 | 1.8 | 4.9 |
| 1944 | 11.6 | 9.5 | 45.4 | 39.2 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| 1945 | 11.4 | 8.2 | 46.0 | 23.2 | 1.4 | 0 |
| 1946 | 11.5 | 7.2 | 43.0 | 18.6 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 1947 | 12.0 | 7.8 | 41.0 | 22.8 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 1948 | 10.8 | 7.4 | 34.0 | 14.5 | 0.86 | 0 |
| 1949 | 11.7 | 8.3 | 32.0 | 29.0 | 0.82 | 0 |
DEATHS.
The number of deaths allocated to the district by the RegistrarGeneral
for 1949 was 521, of which 250 were males and 271 females.
The crude death rate was accordingly 8.3 per thousand population
compared with 7.4 in the year before. The "comparable" death rate
arrived at by the application of the Registrar-General's comparability
factor of 1.26 to allow for differences in the age and sex composition
of the population was 10.4 per thousand population. This is the figure
to be compared with the death rate for England and Wales of 11.7.
The distribution of the deaths by wards was as follows:—
WARD DEATH RATES AND MEAN AGE AT DEATH 1949.
| Ward. | Deaths. | Death Rate (crude). | Mean Age at death. |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helier North | 55 | 6.3 | 58.1 yrs. |
| St. Helier South | 45 | 6.3 | 58.0 „ |
| St. Helier West | 50 | 5.9 | 59.5 „ |
| North-East | 83 | 8.8 | 56.3 „ |
| North-West | 75 | 10.2 | 64.8 „ |
| Central | 74 | 12.2 | 63.5 „ |
| South-East (excluding Queen Mary's Hospital) | 81 | 10.5 | 68.0 „ |
| South-West | 63 | 9.4 | 71.9 „ |
| Whole District | 526 | 8.5 | 62.8 yrs. |