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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1955.
| Population. | ||||
| Registrar-General's Estimate | 61,330 | |||
| Births. | ||||
| Live (Legitimate) | 381 | 361 | 742 | |
| (Illegitimate) | 11 | 12 | 23 | |
| 392 | 373 | 765 | ||
| Birth Rate (per 1,000 population) | 12.5 | |||
| Stillbirths (Legitimate) | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| (Illegitimate) | 1 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | 8 | 15 | ||
| Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 total births | 19.2 | |||
| Deaths. | 254 | 228 | 482 | |
| Death Rate (crude) per 1,000 population | 7.8 | |||
| Infant Mortality. | ||||
| All deaths under 1 year Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births) | 10 | 8 | 18 | 23.5 |
| Deaths of leg. infts. under 1 year Rate per 1,000 legitimate births Deaths of illeg. infts. under 1 year | 10 | 8 | 18 | 24.2 |
| Rate per 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 | — | — | — | |
| Deaths from Measles | — | — | — | |
| Deaths from Whooping Cough | — | — | — | |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | ||||
| Zymotic Death Rate | — | |||
| Deaths from Tuberculosis. | ||||
| All Forms | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Rate per 1,000 of population Phthisis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.04 |
| Rate per 1,000 of population | 0.04 | |||
| Deaths from Cancer | 62 | 44 | 106 | |
| Rate per 1,000 of population | 1.72 | |||