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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 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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8
REPORT
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE
AREA
Area (in acres) 2,985 acres
Population, Census 1921 35,119
„ 1931 56,856
Registrar-General's estimate of population midyear,
1945 54,070
Number of inhabited houses, 1921 7,150
1931 13,187
1945 17,052
Rateable Value, 1945 £499,319
Sum represented by a 1d. rate £1,900

Table: STATISTICS.

STATISTICS.

Live Births.TotalMaleFemaleHate per 1.000 of population
Legitimate906452454
Illegitimate683533
Total97448748718.01
Still Births.TotalMaleFemaleRate per 1,000 total births
Legitimate1789
Illegitimate22—
Total1910919.1
Deaths.TotalMaleFemaleRate per 1,000 of population
55128826310.19

Table: Deaths from disease and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth :—

Deaths from disease and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth :—

Rate per 1,000 total births
From puerperal sepsis1—
From other puerperal causes——
Total11.00