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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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, 1946 | 61,850 |
Number of inhabited houses, 1921 | 7,150 |
1931 | 13,187 |
1946 | 17,615 |
Rateable Value, 1946 | £503,962 |
Sum represented by a ld. rate | £2,024 |
STATISTICS.
Live Births. | Total Male | Female | Rate per 1,000 of population | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Legitimate | 1203 | 639 | 564 | |
Illegitimate | 53 | 33 | 20 | |
Total | 1256 | 672 | 584 | 20.3 |
Still Births. | Total | Male | Female | Rate per 1,000 total births |
Legitimate | 33 | 22 | 11 | |
Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | — | |
Total | 34 | 23 | 11 | 26.4 |
Deaths. | Total | Male | Female | Rate per 1,000 of population |
569 | 299 | 290 | 9.2 |
Deaths from disease and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth:—
Rate per 1,000 total births | |
---|---|
From puerperal sepsis | — |
From other puerperal causes | — |
Total | — |