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Urban District Council of Mitcham
HEALTH REPORT FOR 1933.
To the Chairman and Members of the Council.
Miss Wilson and Gentlemen,
I have pleasure in submitting my Annual Report for the year
ended December 31, 1933.
The year has been a busy one for all concerned in the Public
Health Department. The explosion which occurred in March put a
good deal of extra work on the Department, and slum clearance
schemes have also occupied a large portion of the time of the
officials.
From the health point of view the year has been very
satisfactory. The population has increased by 1,970 persons, the
number of occupied houses showing an increase of 589 houses.
The death rate is 8.8 per 1,000, compared with 8.4 per 1,000
last year. The birth rate shows a further decrease, being 16.1 per
1,000 as compared with 18.0 per 1,000 last year.
Three hundred and sixty-eight notifications of infectious disease
were received, compared with 258 last year. The increase has been
mainly in the number of scarlet fever cases.
It is very gratifying to observe a further decrease in the infant
and maternal mortality rates.