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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 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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REPORT

Table: STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THEAREA

STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE

AREA

Area (in acres)2,916 acres
Population, Census 192135,119
„ 193156,856
Registrar-General's estimate of population midyear, 194967,060
Number of inhabited houses, 19217,160
„ „ „193118,187
„ „ „194918,688
Rateable Value, 1949£529,560
Sum represented by a1d. rate£2,089

Table: STATISTICS.

STATISTICS.

Live Births.TotalMaleFemaleRate per 1,000 of population
Legitimate1064566498
Illegitimate392019
Total110358651716.45
Still Births.TotalMaleFemaleRate per 1,000 total births
Legitimate231211
Illegitimate321
Total26141223.03
Deaths.Total 615Male327Female 288Rate per 1,000 of population9.17

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 sepsis——
From other maternal causes10.88
Total10.88