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Carshalton 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 4. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS—1953
| 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 | |||||
| Birth | |||||
| Live | 15.5 | 17.0 | 15.7 | 17.5 | 12.5 |
| Still | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.38 | 0.38 |
| 22.4(a) | 24.8(a) | 21.4(a) | 21.0(a) | 31.0(a) | |
| Deaths — | |||||
| All causes | 11.4 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 8.4 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | _ |
| Diphtheri | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | _ |
| Tuberculosis | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.21 |
| Influenza | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.08 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | _ | _ |
| Acute Poliomyelitis including( Polioencephalitis) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
| Pneumonia | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0.52 | 0.64 | 0.48 |
| Notifications (Corrected.)— | |||||
| Typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | _ |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | _ |
| Meningococcal | |||||
| infection | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Scarlet fever | 1.39 | 1.50 | 1.44 | 1.02 | 2.04 |
| Whooping Cough | 3.58 | 3.72 | 3.38 | 3.30 | 5.59 |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | — |
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.11 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Measles | 12.36 | 11.27 | 12.32 | 8.09 | 10.57 |
| Pneumonia | 0.84 | 0.92 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.81 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis)— | |||||
| Paralytic | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.09 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.38 | 0.22 |
| Rates Per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
| Deaths— | |||||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 26.8(b) | 30.8 | 24.3 | 24.8 | 23.3 |
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.29 |
| Rates Per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still) | |||||
| N otifications (Corrected)— | |||||
| Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia | 18.23 | 24.33 | 12.46 | 28.61 | 266.3 |
| Maternal Mortality— | |||||
| Abortion with Sepsis | 0.06 | _ | |||
| Other Abortion | 0.05 | _ | |||
| Sepsis of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | 0.10 | ||||
| Other complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | 0.55 | ||||
(a) Per 1,000 total (Live and Still) Births
(b) Per 1,000 related live births
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