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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Births.
Live births. Male. Female. Total.
Legitimate 448 460 908
Illegitimate 14 12 26
Total 462 472 934
Rate 15.4 per 1000 population.
Still births. Male. Female. Total.
Legitimate 11 13 24
Illegitimate 1 1
Total 11 14 25
Rate 26.06 per 1000 total births.
Deaths.
Male. Female. Total.
577 339 716
Rat® 11.8 per 1000 population.
Maternal Mortality.
From Puerperal Sepsis
From other Puerperal Causes 1
Total. 1
Rate 1.04 per 1000 births.
Death rates of infants under one year of age:
All infants per 1000 live births. 46.
Legitimate infants per 1000 legitimate live births. 44.
Illegitimate infants per 1000 illegitimate live births. 115.
Deaths from:
Cancer (all ages) 94.
Measles (all ages)
Whooping Cough (all ages)
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 2
Notifications of Infectious Disease.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis. 13.
Diphtheria. 36.
Erysipelas. 17.
Measles. 301.
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. 11.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum. 1.
Pneumonia. 30.
Puerperal Pyrexia. 2.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis. 60.
Scarlet Fever. 48.
Whooping Cough. 16.
Notifications of Food Poisoning. 4.