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Carshalton 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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COMPARATIVE HEALTH STATISTICS, 1934/53
| 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 | 0.65 | 0 |
| 1952 | 11.3 | 8.9 | 27.6 | 28.0 | 0.59 | 0 |
| 1953 | 11.4 | 8.4 | 26.8 | 23.3 | 0.65 | 0 |
DEATHS
The deaths allocated to the district, as adjusted by inward and
outward transferable deaths, was 523—275 males and 248 females. This
gives a crude death rate of 8.4 per thousand population as against 8.9
in the year before. The "comparable" death rate produced by the
application of the Registrar-General's comparability factor of 1.21 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 11.4.
The distribution of the deaths by wards was as follows:
WARD DEATH RATES AND MEAN AGE AT DEATH, 1953.
| Ward | Deaths | Death Rate (crude) | Mean Age at Death |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helier Nortb | 54 | 6.2 | 60.8 yrs. |
| St. Helier South | 46 | 6.4 | 60.7 „ |
| St. Helier West | 52 | 6.4 | 61.8 „ |
| North-East | 74 | 7.4 | 62.4 „ |
| North-West | 80 | 10.7 | 66.4 „ |
| Central | 67 | 11.2 | 68.4 „ |
| South-East | 64 | 7.9 | 64.2 „ |
| South-West | 84 | 3.1 | 69.9 „ |
| Whole District | 521 | 8.4 | 65.9 yrs. |
The most significant feature of the death rate in 1953 is the
prominence assumed by cancer among the chief single causes of death.
Mortality from this disease at 2.04 per thousand population is the
highest yet recorded for the district and is due in large part to a big
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