Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 |