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Mitcham 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality, and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1951. (Provisional figures based on quarterly returns.)
| England and Wales | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 census) | London Administrative County | Mitcham | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bates per 1,000 home population | |||||
| Births— | |||||
| Live | 15.5 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 12.54 |
| Still | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.34 |
| Deaths— | |||||
| All causes | 12.5 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 10.32 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ... | 0.00 |
| Whooping cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 0.33 |
| Influenza | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.23 | 0.19 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ... | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Pneumonia | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.63 |
| Notifications (corrected)— | |||||
| Typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Meningococcal infection | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
| Scarlet fever | 1.11 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.10 | 1.66 |
| Whooping cough | 3.87 | 3.62 | 4.00 | 3.11 | 6.27 |
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.12 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | — |
| Measles | 14.07 | 13.93 | 14.82 | 14.64 | 20.69 |
| Pneumonia | 0.99 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 0.72 | 0.36 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) Paralytic | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.02 | 0 02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.06 |
| Rates per 1,000 live births | |||||
| Deaths underoneyear of age | 29.6* | 33.9 | 27.6 | 26.4 | 25.47 |
| Deaths from diarrhoea and enteritis under two years of age | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.11 |
| Rates per 1,000 total births (live and still) | |||||
| Notifications (corrected)— | |||||
| Puerperal fever | 10.66 | 13.77 | 8.08 | 14.90 | 14.04 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | |||||
| Maternal mortality | |||||
| Pregnancy, childbirth and abortion | 0.79 | Not | available | 0.00 | |
| Mortality per million women aged 15-44 | |||||
| Abortion— | |||||
| With sepsis | 7 | Not availabl e | |||
| Without sepsis | 4 | ||||
* Per 1,000 related live births,