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Mitcham 1952
[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 1952. (Provisional figures based on quarterly returns.)
| England and Wales | 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 160 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1951 census) | London Administrative County | Mitcham | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 home population | |||||
| Births— Live | 15.3 | 16.9 | 15.5 | 17.6 | 12.62 |
| Still | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.30 |
| 22.6* | 24.6* | 23.0* | 19.2* | 21.53* | |
| Deaths— All causes | 11.3 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 10.87 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 |
| Whooping cough | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.31 | 0.19 |
| Influenza | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | — | _ | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Pneumonia | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.58 | 0.43 |
| Notifications (corrected)— Typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Meningococcal infection | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Scarlet fever | 1.53 | 1.75 | 1.58 | 1.56 | 3.36 |
| Whooping cough | 2.61 | 2.74 | 2.57 | 1.66 | 1.67 |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0 12 | 0 14 | 0.21 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Measles | 8.86 | 10.11 | 8.49 | 9.23 | 8.82 |
| Pneumonia | 0.72 | 0.80 | 0.62 | 0.57 | 0.39 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) Paralytic | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.15 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17.87 * | 23.94* | 10.22* | 30.77* | 24.76* |
| Rates per 1,000 live births | |||||
| Deaths under one year of age | 27.6† | 31.2 | 25.0 | 23.8 | 19.80 |
| Deaths from diarrhœa and enteritis under two years of age | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.10 |
| Maternal mortality Pregnancy, child birth and abortion | 0.72* | Not | available | 1.08* | |
| Mortality per million women aged 15.44 | |||||
| Abortion— With sepsis | 5 | Not available | |||
| Without sepsis | 3 | ||||
* Per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
† Per 1,000 related live births.