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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 1942
[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 1942. (Provisional figures based on weekly and quarterly returns.)
| England and Wales | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns (Besident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 census) | London Administrative County | Mitoham | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 civilian population | |||||
| Births— | |||||
| Live | 15.8 | 17.3 | 18.4 | 14.0 | 17.5 |
| Still | 0.54 | 0.66 | 0.62 | 0.48 | 0.48 |
| Deaths— | |||||
| All causes | 11.6 | 13.3 | 12.1 | 13.9 | 9.81 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Searlet fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Whooping cough | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Diphtheria | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.02 | - |
| Influenza | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 0 01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - |
| Notifications— | |||||
| Typhoid fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | - |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 01 | 0.01 | - |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.07 |
| Scarlet fever | 2.19 | 2.49 | 2.34 | 1.S6 | 3.20 |
| Whooping cough. | 1.73 | 1.97 | 1.58 | 2.72 | 2.94 |
| Diphtheria | 1.05 | 1.35 | 0.91 | 0.76 | 0 46 |
| Erysipelas | 0.30 | 0.36 | 0.26 | 0.43 | 0.13 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | 0.00 | - |
| Measles | 7.46 | 9.27 | 7.39 | 8.62 | 10.95 |
| Pneumonia | 1.07 | 1.30 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.37 |
| Bates per 1,000 live births | |||||
| Deaths under one year of age | 49 | 59 | 46 | 60 | 43 |
| Deaths from diarrhoea and enteritis under two years of age | 5.2 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 8.6 | 5.2 |
| Rates per 1,000 total births (live and still) | |||||
| Maternal mortality (excluding abortion)- | |||||
| Puerperal infection (No.147) | 0.42 | Not available | - | ||
| Others | 1.59 | 1.01 | |||
| Total | 2.01 | 1.01 | |||
| Notifications— | |||||
| Puerperal fever | 12.61 | 15.94 | 10.80 | 3.10 | 6.09 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 17.69* | ||||
| * Including Puerperal fever. A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths. | |||||