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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Birth-rates, Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality, and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1943. (Provisional figures based on weekly and quarterly returns.)
| England and Wales | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 census) | London Administrative County | Miteham | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 civilian population | |||||
| Births— | |||||
| Live | 16.5 | 18.6 | 19.4 | 15.8 | 18.75 |
| Still | 0.51 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.45 | 0.47 |
| Deaths— | |||||
| All causes. | 12.1 | 14.2 | 12.7 | 15.0 | 10.77 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Scarlet fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Whooping cough | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Diphtheria | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.05 |
| Influenza... | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.27 | 0.16 |
| Smallpox ... | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles ... | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Notifications— | |||||
| Typhoid fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 01 | 0.01 | — |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.14 |
| Scarlet fever | 3.01 | 3.29 | 3.54 | 3.80 | 3.89 |
| Whooping cough | 2.54 | 2.82 | 2.25 | 2.68 | 2.97 |
| Diphtheria | 0.88 | 1.12 | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.77 |
| Erysipelas | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.27 | 0.42 | 0.40 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 9.88 | 9.23 | 9.77 | 9.17 | 11.94 |
| Pneumonia | 1.34 | 1.62 | 1.16 | 1.27 | 0.91 |
| Rates per 1,000 live births | |||||
| Deaths under one year of age | 49 | 58 | 46 | 58 | 36 |
| Deaths from diarrhœa and enteritis under two years of age | 5.3 | 7.9 | 4.4 | 10.4 | 1.9 |
| Rates per 1,000 total births (live and still) | |||||
| Maternal mortality | |||||
| Abortion with sepsis | 0.34 | Not available | |||
| „ without sepsis | 0.11 | - | |||
| Puerperal infections | 0.39 | - | |||
| Other | 1.45 | ( 0.95 | |||
| Notifications— | |||||
| Puerperal fever | 11.68 | 15.11 | 9.26 | 3.05 | 2.86 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 15.23* | ||||
| Mortality per million women aged 15.45 | |||||
| Abortion— | |||||
| With sepsis | 25 | Not available | - | ||
| Without sepsis | 8 | - | |||
| * Including Puerperal fever. A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths. | |||||