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Carshalton 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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Deaths.—The deaths registered in the District in 1920 numbered
173, of which 57 occurred in the Queen Mary's Hospital, 24 in the
Beddington Corner Isolation Hospital, and 4 in the District Hospital;
86 deaths were transferred to other districts, and 21 were transferred
from other districts, leaving 108 nett deaths belonging to the District,
of which 48 occurred among males and 60 among females.
Influenza caused two deaths; Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 9; Cancer,
16; Heart Disease, 15 ; Bronchitis, 8; and Pneumonia, 5.
The death rate for 1920 was 8.4 per 1,000 of the population, as
agfc-inst an average rate of 10.0 for the preceding ten years. The rate
for England and Wales for 1920 was 12.4.
Child Mortality.—The deaths of infants under one year of age
numbered 12, of which 7 occurred among males, and 5 among females ;
7 of the deaths occurred within a month of birth. All the infants were
legitimate.
The mortality rate was 45 per 1,000 births, as against an average
rate of 70 for the pieceding ten years. The rate for England and
Wales for 1920 was 80.
Three deaths, of which two were due to Broncho-pneumonia, and
one to accident, occurred among children between the ages of one and
five years.
The following table shows for the District the average annual birth rate, death-rate, infant mortality rate, and number of deaths of children between the ages of one and five years for each of the last nine quin quennial periods and for the year 1920:—
| Birthrate. | Death-rate. | Infant mortality. | Average Deaths 1—5 years. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876—1880 | 34.4 | 16.6 | 139 | 10 |
| 1881—1885 | 29.8 | 14.7 | 129 | 8 |
| 1886—1890 | 27.2 | 13.1 | 118 | 7 |
| 1891—1895 | 29.2 | 15.3 | 124 | 9 |
| 1896—1900 | 27.6 | 13.4 | 132 | 7 |
| 1901—1905 | 24.3 | 11.7 | 118 | 12 |
| 1906—1910 | 25.9 | 9.5 | 80 | 6 |
| 1911—1915 | 20.2 | 9.3 | 76 | 7 |
| 1916—1920 | 17.6 | 10.7 | 64 | 10 |
| 1920 | 20.9 | 8.4 | 45 | 3 |
Poor Law Relief.—The number of parishioners of Carshalton
maintained in the Guardians' Institution in the half-year ended
Michaelmas, 1919, were 51, and in the half-year ended Lady Day, 1920,
were 57; the parishioners who received out-relief in the same periods
were 53 and 60 respectively. The cost of in-maintenance during the
year ended Lady Day, 1920, was £1,163, and of out-relief was £415.