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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Although Mitcham is chiefly a working class area, there are
no real slums and no back-to-back houses. Nearly two-thirds of
the houses have been built since 1921 and more than 50 per cent.
of all the roads are tree-lined. Mitcham is now a fairly densely
populated area, with the few available building sites being
rapidly filled up.
STATISTICS.
| Live Births. | Total | Male | Female | Rate per 1,000 of population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 884 | 424 | 460 | |
| Illegitimate | 25 | 14 | 11 | |
| Total | 909 | 438 | 471 | 13.57 |
| After correction by the comparability factor becomes | 12.62 | |||
| Still Births. | Total | Male | Female | Rate per 1.000 total births |
| Legitimate | 20 | 13 | 7 | |
| Illegitimate | — | — | — | |
| Total | 20 | 13 | 7 | 21.53 |
| Deaths. | Total | Male | Female | Rate perl,000 of population |
| 628 | 338 | 290 | 9.37 | |
| After correction by the comparability factor becomes | 10 87 | |||
| Deaths from pregnancy, childbirth and abortion:— | ||||
| Rate per 1,000 total births | ||||
| Number of cases 1 | 1.08 | |||
| Deaths of infants under one year of age :— | ||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 19.80 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 live legitimate | 16.97 | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 live illegitimate births | 120.0 | |||
| Deaths from:— | ||||
| Cancer (all ages) | 128 | |||
| Measles | — | |||
| Whooping cough (all ages) | — | |||
| Enteritis and Diarrhœa under two years of age. | 1 | |||