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Mitcham 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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The school notices also give information of the prevalence
of non-notifiable infectious disease, such as chicken pox, mumps,
etc. The numbers were as follows:—
Chicken pox 212
Mumps 243
Ringworm 1
Impetigo 5
Rubella 8
Hepatitis 1
Cancer
The number of deaths from cancer registered during the
year was 108, of which 62 were males and 46 were females.
The site distribution for 1951 was as follows: —
Digestive organs 18 cases
Respiratory organs 23 „
Breast 5 „
Genito-urinary organs 6 „
Other sites 56 „
Total 108
The following table shows the number of deaths from cancer, together with the death rate as compared with England and Wales: —
| Year | Number of Deaths | Death Rate per 1,000 of population | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitcham | England and Wales | ||
| 1932 | 68 | 1.0 | 1.51 |
| 1933 | 52 | .86 | 1.52 |
| 1934 | 70 | 1.1 | 1.56 |
| 1935 | 61 | 1.0 | 1.58 |
| 1936 | 80 | 1.2 | 1.61 |
| 1937 | 76 | 1.1 | 1.63 |
| 1938 | 103 | 1.5 | 1.66 |
| 1939 | 73 | 1.12 | 1.64 |
| 1940 | 94 | 1.55 | 1.66 |
| 1941 | 84 | 1.6 | 1.67 |
| 1942 | 104 | 1.9 | 1.698 |