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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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The birth rates, death rates per 1,000 of population, and the infantile mortality rates for the years 1932-51 are shown in the following table: —
| Year | Births per 1,000 population | Deaths per 1,000 population | Infant Mortality per 1,000 live births | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MITCHAM | England & Wales | MITCHAM | England & Wales | MITCHAM | England & Wales | |
| 1932 | 18.0 | 15.3 | 8.4 | 12.0 | 43 | 65 |
| 1933 | 16.1 | 14.4 | 8.8 | 12.3 | 37.1 | 64 |
| 1934 | 15.6 | 14.8 | 9.1 | 11.8 | 51.6 | 59 |
| 1935 | 15.6 | 14.7 | 7.7 | 11.8 | 49.5 | 57 |
| 1936 | 15.4 | 14.8 | 9.1 | 12.1 | 48.0 | 59 |
| 1937 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 8.5 | 12.4 | 43.4 | 58 |
| 1938 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 8.3 | 11.6 | 38.0 | 53 |
| 1939 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 8.6 | 12.1 | 31.0 | 50 |
| 1940 | 15.4 | 14.6 | 11.8 | 14.3 | 46.0 | 55 |
| 1941 | 13.57 | 14.2 | 11.06 | 12.9 | 55 4 | 59 |
| 1942 | 17.54 | 15.8 | 9.81 | 11.6 | 43.75 | 49 |
| 1943 | 18.75 | 16.5 | 10.77 | 12.1 | 36.2 | 49 |
| 1944 | 18.99 | 17.6 | 11.88 | 11.6 | 36.8 | 46 |
| 1945 | 18.01 | 16.1 | 10.19 | 11.4 | 31.83 | 46 |
| 1946 | 20.3 | 19.1 | 9.2 | 11.5 | 19.9 | 43 |
| 1947 | 21.39 | 20.5 | 9.47 | 12.0 | 38.60 | 41 |
| 1948 | 17.99 | 17.9 | 8.79 | 10.8 | 23.49 | 34 |
| 1949 | 16.45 | 16.7 | 9.17 | 11.7 | 24.48 | 32 |
| After 1949 the actual Birth and Death Rates for Mitcham are modified by comparability factor to correspond with the average age and sex distributor of England and Wales. | ||||||
| 1950 | 12.56 | 15.8 | 10.66 | 11.6 | 29.64 | 29.8 |
| 1951 | 12.54 | 15.5 | 10.32 | 12.5 | 25.47 | 29.6 |