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Carshalton 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 4. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS—1952
| England and Wales. | 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London.) | 160 smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1951 Census). | London Administrative County. | Carshalton. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Rates Per 1,000 Home Population. | |||||
| Live | 15.3 | 16.9 | 15.5 | 17.6 | 12.7 |
| Still | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.29 |
| 22.6(a) | 24.6(a) | 23.0(a) | 19.2(a) | 22.4(a) | |
| All causes | 11.3 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 8.9 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Tuberculosis | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.31 | 0.24 |
| Influenza | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | - |
| Pneumonia | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.58 | 0.47 |
| Typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | - |
| Scarlet fever | 1.53 | 1.75 | 1.58 | 1.56 | 2.07 |
| Whooping Cough | 2.61 | 2.74 | 2.57 | 1.66 | 1.59 |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | — |
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.16 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Measles | 8.86 | 10.11 | 8.49 | 9.23 | 9.02 |
| Pneumonia | 0.72 | 0.80 | 0.62 | 0.57 | 0.48 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis Paralytic | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.17 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
| Food poisoning | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.60 |
Rates per 1,000 Live Births.
| All causes under 1 year of age | 27.6(b) | 31.2 | 25.8 | 23.8 | 28.0 |
| Enteritis & Diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.01 |
Rates per
1,000 Total Births (Live and Still).
| Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia | 17.87 | 23.94 | 10.22 | 30.77 | 245.94 |
| Abortion with Sepsis | 0.07 | — | |||
| Other Abortion | 0.06 | — | |||
| Sepsis of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | 0.9 | — | |||
| Other complications of pregnancy childbirth and the puerperium | 0.50 | — | |||
(a) Per 1,000 total (Live and still) Births
(b) Per 1,000 relate live births.
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