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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the year 1932.
| Rate per 1,000 total Population | annual death-rate pee 1000 population. | Rate per 1000 Live Births. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under Two Years). | Total Deaths under One Year. | |||
| Live Births. | Stillbirths. | ||||||||||||
| England and Wales | 15.3 | 0.66 | 12.0 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.32 | 0.53 | 6.6 | 65 |
| 113 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 15.4 | 0.70 | 11.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.28 | 0.48 | 8.9 | 69 |
| 126 Smaller Towns (Estimated resident populations 25,000—50,000 at Census 1931) | 15.4 | 0.69 | 10.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.31 | 0.42 | 4.5 | 58 |
| London | 14.2 | 0.51 | 12.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.27 | 0.53 | 12.6 | 66 |
| Mitcham Urban District | 17.3 | 0.57 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.36 | 9.5 | 43 |
Puerperal Sepsis. Others. Total.
per 1,000 Live Births 1.61 2.63 4.24
The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follows:
„ „ Total Births 1.54 2.52 4.06
„ „ Live Births 1.90 2.85 4.76
„ „ „ Mitcham Urban District:
„ „ Total births 1.84 2.76 4.61
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