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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 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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WardLive BirthsBirth Rate per 1,000 PopulationStillbirthsStillbirth Rate per 1,000 total births
St. Helier North8710.5––
St. Helier South7413.6226.3
St. Helier West8911.9332.6
North-East13213.617.5
North-West8612.0222.7
Central579.8I17.2
South-East10011.8329.1
South-West7912.1559.5

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Seventy-seven 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 73
St. Helier South 79
St. Helier West 76
North-East 72
North-West 92
Central 86
South-East 62
South-West 85

Table: Out of 721 total births, 559 took place in the following hospitals and nursing homes:—

Out of 721 total births, 559 took place in the following hospitals and nursing homes:—

LiveStillTotal
Carshalton, Beddington and Wallington District (War Memorial) Hospital1002102
St. Helier Hospital3418349
Other Surrey Hospitals93598
Other Hospitals617
Private Nursing Homes3—3
Total54316559

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For the last five years more than three-quarters of all births have
taken place in Maternity Institutions.
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