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Carshalton 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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COMPARATIVE HEALTH STATISTICS, 1934/52.
| Crude 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 |
| 1950 | 11.6 | 7.8 | 29.8 | 28.4 | 0.72 | 0 |
| 1951 | 12.5 | 8.7 | 29.6 | 29.0 | 0 | |
| 1952 | 11.3 | 8.9 | 27.6 | 28.0 | 0.59 | 0 |
DEATHS
The deaths allocated to the district, as adjusted by inward and
outward transferable deaths, was 550—296 males and 254 females. This
gives a crude death rate of 8.9 per thousand population as against 8.7
in the year before. The "comparable" death rate produced by the
application of the Registra.-General's comparability factor of 1.25 to
allow for differences in the age and sex constitution of the local population
as compared with the country as a whole was 10.1. The rate for
England and Wales was 11.3.
The distribution of the deaths by wards was as follows:
WARD DEATH RATES AND MEAN AGE AT DEATH, 1952.
| Ward. | Deaths. | Death Rate (crude). | Mean Age at death. |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helier North | 50 | 5.9 | 53.0 yrs. |
| St. Helier South | 46 | 6.6 | 60.0 „ |
| St. Helier West | 56 | 6.8 | 59.6 „ |
| North-East | 86 | 9.1 | 60.8 „ |
| North-West | 81 | 11.3 | 68.3 „ |
| Central | 84 | 13.8 | 73.2 „ |
| South-East (excluding Queen Mary's Hospital) | 69 | 8.8 | 72.3 „ |
| South-West | 77 | 11.7 | 69.1 „ |
| Whole District | 549 | 8.9 | 65.5 yrs. |