Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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The following table taken from the Surrey County Volume, Part 1, of the Census, 1931, will give some idea of the local age and condition distribution of the population in this district.
Areas. | Average age. | Age distribution per 1,000 of each sex (ages last birthday). | Number of married women aged less than 45, per 1,000 females of all ages. | Number of females per 1,000 males. | |||||||||||
Males. | Females. | ||||||||||||||
M. | F. | 0-4 yrs. | 5-19 yrs. | 20-39 yrs. | over 40 yrs. | 0-4 yrs. | 5-19 yrs | 20-39 yrs. | over 40 yrs. | ||||||
Surrey | 32.7 | 35 | 74 | 240 | 327 | 359 | 61 | 208 | 334 | 397 | |||||
Mitcham | 29.5 | 30.8 | 91 | 253 | 373 | 283 | 88 | 236 | 373 | 303 | |||||
Areas. | Marital condition distribution per 1,000 of each sex. | ||||||||||||||
Males. | Females. | ||||||||||||||
Single. | Married. | Widowed and divorced. | Single. | Married. | Widowed and divorced. | ||||||||||
Surrey | 495 | 473 | 32 | 504 | 412 | 44 | 231 | 1,171 | |||||||
Mitcham | 494 | 481 | 25 | 467 | 465 | 68 | 313 | 1,044 |