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Carshalton 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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BIRTHS
The number of live births registered during 1955 was 765 which is 59
less than in the year before. Of these, 392 were males and 373 females,
giving a birth rate of 12.5 per thousand population.
The "comparable" birth rate produced by the application of the
Registrar-General's comparability factor of 0.96 to allow for the disparity
in the age and sex constitution of the local population and that of the
country as a whole is 12.0 per thousand population, which compares with
15.0 for England and Wales.
Information is not available as to the home address of births registered
to Carshalton residents occurring outside the district. For computation of
ward birth rates, therefore, use is made of the notifications of births
received under the Public Health Act, supplemented by the Registrar's
weekly returns of registrations within the district.
From these sources it is known that 778 live births and 14 stillbirths occurred in 1955. They were distributed as shown in the following table.
| Ward | Live Births | Birth Rate per 1,000 Population | Stillbirths | Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 total births |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | |||
| 11.6 | ||||
| 1 | ||||
| — | - | |||
Seventy-six per cent. of all births occurred in hospitals and nursing
homes. The percentages of such births for the individual wards were as
follows:
St. Helier North 75
St. Helier South 82
St. Helier West 77
North-East 73
North-West 83
Central 73
South-East 66
South-West 80
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