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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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BIRTHS.
The number of live births in 1950 fell to 808 from 825 in the
year before, providing a birth rate of 13.0 per thousand population
compared with 13.2 in 1949. Of the total, 419 were males and 389
females. The "comparable" birth rate produced by the application
of the Registrar-General's comparability factor of 0.94 to allow for
differences in the constitution of the population was 12.2 By comparison,
the rate for England and Wales was 15.8.
From these sources it is known that 837 live births and 16 stillbirths occurred in 1950. They were distributed as shown in the following table:—
| Ward. | Live Births. | Birth Rate per 1,000 Population. | Stillbirths. | Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 total births. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helier North | 137 | 15.8 | 2 | 14.6 |
| St. Helier South | 85 | 12.0 | 1 | 11.7 |
| St. Helier West | 121 | 14.4 | 4 | 33.0 |
| North-East | 143 | 15.2 | 4 | 28.0 |
| North-West | 99 | 13.5 | — | — |
| Central ... | 96 | 15.8 | 5 | 52.1 |
| South-East (excluding Queen Mary's Hospital) | 88 | 11.4 | _ | _ |
| South-West | 68 | 10.2 |
Three-quarters of all births occurred in hospitals and nursing
homes. The percentages of such births for the individual wards were
as follows:—
St. Helier North 67
St. Helier South 84
St. Helier West 80
North-East 68
North-West 78
Central 80
South-East 71
South-West 86
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