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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1952.
| Population. | |||
| Registrar-General's Estimate. | 61,630. | ||
| Births. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
| Live (Legitimate) | 385 | 370 | 755 |
| (Illegitimate) | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| 400 | 383 | 783 | |
| Birth Rate (per 1,000 population) | 12.7 | ||
| Stillbirths (Legitimate) | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| (Illegitimate) | 1 | — | 1 |
| 10 | 8 | 18 | |
| Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 total births | 22.4 | ||
| Deaths | 296 | 254 | 550 |
| Death Rate (crude) per 1,000 population | 8.9 | ||
| Infant Mortality. | |||
| All deaths under 1 year | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births) | 28.0 | ||
| Deaths of leg. infts. under 1 year | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| Rate per 1,000 legitimate births | 29.1 | ||
| Deaths of illeg. infts. under 1 year | — | — | — |
| Rateper 1,000 illegitimate births | — | ||
| Maternal Mortality. | |||
| Death from Sepsis | — | — | |
| Rate per 1,000 births | — | ||
| Death from other causes | — | — | |
| Rate per 1,000 total births | — | ||
| Maternal Death Rate | — | — | |
| Zymotic Deaths. | |||
| 7 Principal Zymotic Diseases | 1 | — | 1 |
| Deaths from Measles | — | — | — |
| Deaths from Whooping Cough | — | — . | — |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 1 | — | 1 |
| Zymotic Death Rate | 0.01 | ||
| Deaths from Tuberculosis. | |||
| All Forms | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| Rate per 1,000 of population | 0.24 | ||
| Phthisis | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Rate per 1,000 of population | 0.21 | ||
| Deaths from Cancer | 37 | 37 | 74 |
| Rate per 1,000 of population | 1.20 | ||