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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Birth Rates, Death Rates, Analysis of Mortality and Notifications of Infectious Diseases in the Year 1961
| England and Wales | Mitcham | |
|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 home population | ||
| Live | 17.4 | 14.26 |
| Still | 0.33 | 0.09 |
| 19.1* | 7.28* | |
| All causes | 12.0 | 12.06 |
| Malignant neoplasm—lung, bronchus | 0.49 | 0.61 |
| Whooping cough | ... | 0.016 |
| Diphtheria | ... | ... |
| Tuberculosis—all forms | 0.07 | 0.06 |
| Influenza | 0.15 | 0 016 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 0.001 | ... |
| Pneumonia | 0.65 | 0.63 |
| Coronary disease—angina pectoris | 2.07 | 2.08 |
| Maternal mortality | 0.33* | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.43 | 0.50 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.53 | 0.91 |
| Diphtheria | 0.001 | ... |
| Measles | 16.50 | 13.32 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis— | ||
| Paralytic | 0.016 | ... |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.004 | ... |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 0.002 | ... |
| Para-typhoid Fever | 0.005 | ... |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.014 | 0.016 |
| Erysipelas | 0.05 | 0.094 |
| Dysentery | 0.44 | 0.016 |
| Acute Encephalitis— | ||
| Infective | 0.003 | ... |
| Post-Infectious | 0.003 | ... |
| Acute Pneumonia | 0.40 | 0.11 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.16 | 0.031 |
| Tuberculosis— | ||
| Respiratory | 0.41 | 0.33 |
| Non-Respiratory | 0.06 | |
* Per 1,000 total (live and still) births.