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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Birth-rates, Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality, and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1941.
(Provisional figures based on weekly and quarterly returns.)
| England and Wales. | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London. | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 census). | London Administrative County. | Mitcham | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 civilian population. | |||||
| Births— | |||||
| Live | 14.2 | 14.7 | 16.4 | 8.9 | 13.57 |
| Still | 0.51 | 0.58 | 0.60 | 0.33 | 0.47 |
| Deaths— | |||||
| All causes | 12.9 | 14.9 | 13.0 | 16.3 | 11.06 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | — |
| Scarlet fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | - |
| Whooping cough | 0.96 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| Diphtheria | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Influenza | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.24 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | — |
| Notifications— | |||||
| Typhoid fever | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.04 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.07 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 0.25 | 0.31 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.23 |
| Scarlet fever | 1.47 | 1.49 | 1.51 | 1.01 | 1.39 |
| Whooping cough | 4.39 | 4.37 | 4.50 | 3.50 | 3.58 |
| Diphtheria | 1.25 | 1.53 | 1.19 | 0.93 | 1.49 |
| Erysipelas | 0.30 | 0.36 | 0.27 | 0.50 | 0.36 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 10.33 | 8.27 | 10.47 | 4.77 | 3.73 |
| Pneumonia | 1.25 | 1.53 | 1.04 | 1.07 | 0.40 |
| Rates per 1,000 live births. | |||||
| Deaths under one year of age | 59 | 71 | 56 | 68 | 55 |
| Deaths from diarrhoea and enteritis under two years of age | 5.1 | 7.5 | 4.6 | 6.8 | 1.40 |
| Rates per 1,000 total births (i.e., live and still) | |||||
| Maternal mortality (excluding abortion)— | |||||
| Puerperalinfection (No.147) | 0.48 | Not available | 2.71 | ||
| Others | 1.75 | 2.71 | |||
| Total | 2.23 | 5.42 | |||
| Notifications— | |||||
| Puerperal fever | 11.91 | 15.64 | 9.43 | 2.29 | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 19.3* | 2.71 | |||
* Including Puerperal fever.