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Carshalton 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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TABLE 4. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS—1955.

England and WalesCarshalton
Birth Rate(per 1,000 population)15.012.5
Still-birth Rate (per 1,000 total births)23.119.2
Death Rate (per 1,000 population)11.77.8 (crude)
9.4 (comp.)
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)24.923.5
Pre-natal Mortality (in first 4 wks. per 1,000 live births)17.318.3
Death rate from Tuberculosis (per 1,000 population)
Respiratory Tuberculosis0.130.140.040.04
Other Tuberculosis0.01—
Death Rate from Cancer (per 1,000 population)
All forms2.051.72
Cancer of Lung0.380.45
Maternal Mortality (per 1,000 total births)
Excluding Abortion0.540.64
Abortion0.10

COMPARATIVE HEALTH STATISTICS, 1934/55.

YearCrude Death Rate (Civilian) per 1,000 populationInfant Mortality per 1,000 live birthsMaternal Mortality (excluding abortion) per 1,000 total births
England and WalesCarshaltonEngland and WalesCarshaltonEngland and WalesCarshalton
193411.88.659.353.53.83.0
193511.76.657.046.03.42.4
193612.17.158.746.73.15.4
193712.46.657.740.02.70
193811.67.652.846.12.71.1
193912.17.150.635.42.52.0
194014.48.756.843.82.13.8
194113.58.460.040.52.20
194212.37.550.627.52.02.4
194312.18.249.139.31.84.9
194411.69.545.439.21.51.1
194511.48.246.023.21.40
194611.57.243.018.61.20
194712.07.841.022.81.00
194810.87.434.014.50.860
194911.78.332.029.00.820
195011.67.829.828.40.720
195112.58.729.629.00.650
195211.38.927.628.00.590
195311.48.426.823.30.650
195411.38.025.518.20.580
195511.77.824.923.50.540