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Carshalton 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 4. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS — 1954.
| England and Wales | Carshalton | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth Rate (per 1,000 population) | 13.2 | 13.3 (crude) | ||
| 12.7 (comp.) | ||||
| Still-birth Rate (per 1.000 total births) | 24.0 | 23.6 | ||
| Death Rate (per 1,000 population) | 11.3 | 8.0 (crude) | ||
| 9.6 (Comp.) | ||||
| Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births) | 25.5 | 18.2 | ||
| Pre-natal Mortality (in first 4 wks. per 1,000 | ||||
| live births) | 17.7 | 14.5 | ||
| Death rate from Tuberculosis (per 1,000 population): | ||||
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.22 |
| Other Tuberculosis | 0.02 | 0.05 | ||
| Death rate from Cancer (per 1,000 population): | ||||
| All Forms | 2.03 | 1.60 | ||
| Cancer of Lung | 0.37 | 0.48 | ||
| Maternal Mortality (per 1,000 total births): | ||||
| Excluding Abortion | 0.58 | 0.69 | — | |
| Abortion | 0.11 | |||
COMPARATIVE HEALTH STATISTICS, 1934/54
| 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 | 0.60 | 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 |
| 1954 | 11.3 | 8.0 | 25.5 | 18.2 | 0.58 | 0 |