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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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REPORT
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE
AREA
Area (in acres) 2,935 acres
Population, Census 1921 35,119
1931 56,856
Registrar-General's estimate of population midyear,
1942 54,720
Number of inhabited houses, 1921 7,150
1931 13,187
1942 16,802
Rateable Value, 1942 £499,028
Sum represented by a 1d. rate £1,902
STATISTICS.
Rate per 1,000
live Births. Total Male Female of population
Legitimate 921 492 429
Illegitimate 39 20 19
Total 960 512 448 17.54
Rate per 1.000
still Births Total Male Female total births
Legitimate 24 16 8
Illegitimate 2 2 -
Total 26 18 8 26.37
Rate per 1,000
DEATHS. Total Male Female of population
537 269 268 9.81
Deaths from disease and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth:-
Rate per 1,000
total births
Prom puerperal sepsis - -
Prom other puerperal causes 1 -
Total 1 1.01