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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality,
Maternal Death-rates, and Case-rates for
certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1936.
England and Wales, London,
122 Great Towns and 143
Smaller Towns.
(Provisional figures based on weekly and quarterly returns.)
| England and Wales. | 122 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London. | 143 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 census). | London Administrative County. | Mitcham | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 population. | |||||
| Births— | |||||
| Live | 14.8 | 14.9 | 16.0 | 13.6 | 15.4 |
| Still | 0.61 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.53 | 0.54 |
| Deaths— | |||||
| All causes | 12.1 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 9.1 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.07 |
| Scarlet fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Whooping cough | 0 05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.04 |
| Diphtheria | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
| Influenza | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.12 |
| Violence | 0.52 | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.52 | 0.43 |
| Notifications— | |||||
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 2.53 | 2.18 | 2.48 | 2.57 | 2.6 |
| Diphtheria | 1.39 | 1.31 | 1.26 | 1.69 | 1.61 |
| Enteric fever | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
| Erysipelas | 0.40 | 0.38 | 0.35 | 0.44 | 0.33 |
| Pneumonia | 1.11 | 1.10 | 0 96 | 0.99 | 0.55 |
| Rates per 1,000 live births. | |||||
| Deaths under one year of age | 59 | 63 | 55 | 66 | 48 |
| Deaths from diarrhoea and enteritis under two years of age | 5.9 | 8.2 | 3.4 | 14.4 | 2.0 |
| Maternal mortality— | |||||
| Puerperal sepsis | 1.40 | Not available | 1.0 | ||
| Others | 2.41 | 3.0 | |||
| Total | 3.81 | 4.0 | |||
| Rates per 1,000 total births (i.e., live and still). | |||||
| Maternal mortality— | |||||
| Puerperal sepsis | 1.34 | Not available | 0.9 | ||
| Others | 2.31 | 2.9 | |||
| Total | 3.65 | 3.8 | |||
| Notifications— | |||||
| Puerperal fever | 3.27 | 3.46 | 2.80 | 3.03 | 1.9 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 9.64 | 9.52 | 7.57 | 11.15 | 10.0 |