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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Registrar General's estimated population, 58,060.
Amended Birth Rate, 18.0 per 1,000.
Amended Death Rate, 8.4 per 1,000.
REPORT.
Area (in acres) | 2,935 acres | |||
Population, Census 1921 | 35,119 | |||
„ „ „ „ 1931 | 56,856 | |||
1932 | 60,380 | |||
Number of inhabited houses, 1921 | 7,150 | |||
„ „ „ „ 1931 | 13,187 | |||
„ „ „ „ 1932 | 13,994 | |||
Rateable value | £339,485 | |||
Sum represented by a penny rate | £1,325 | |||
Total. | Male. | Female. | Rate per 1,000 of population. | |
Live Births. | ||||
Legitimate | 1,009 | 510 | 499 | |
Illegitimate | 40 | 20 | 20 | - |
Total | 1,049 | 530 | 519 | 17.3 |
Total. | Male. | Female. | Rate per 1,000 total births. | |
Still Births. | ||||
Legitimate | 35 | 18 | 17 | 32.3 |
Illegitimate | — | — | — | — |
Total | 35 | 18 | 17 | 32.3 |
Total. | Male. | Female. | Rate per 1,000 of population. | |
Deaths. | 488 | 240 | 248 | 8.0 |
Deaths from disease and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth:— | ||||
Rate per 1,000 total births. | ||||
From puerperal sepsis | 2 | 1.8 | ||
From other causes | 3 | 2.7 | ||
Total | 5 | 4.6 |