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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
Mitcham 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the year 1935.
| - | Rate per 1,000 total Population | Annual death-rate per 1000 population. | Rate per 1000 Live Births. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under Two Years). | Total Deaths under One Year. | ||||
| Live Births. | Stillbirths. | |||||||||||||
| England and Wales | 14.7 | 0.62 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.18 | 0.52 | 5.7 | 57 | |
| 121 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.8 | 0.68 | 11.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.45 | 7.9 | 62 | |
| 140 Smaller Towns (estimated resident populations 25,000 —50,000 at Census 1931) | 14.8 | 0.64 | 11.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.41 | 3.8 | 55 | |
| London | 13.3 | 0.52 | 11.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.51 | 11.2 | 58 | |
| Borough of Mitcham | 15.6 | 0.66 | 7.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.33 | 2.0 | 49.5 | |
| Puerperal Sepsis | Others. | Total. | ||||||||||||
| The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follows: | per 1,000 Live births | 1.68 | 2.42 | 4.10 | ||||||||||
| „ ,, Total births | 1.61 | 2.32 | 3.93 | |||||||||||
| „ „ „ Borough of Mitcham: | „ „ Live births | 3.0 | 3.0 | |||||||||||
| „ „ Total birth | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||