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Mitcham 1953
[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 1953. (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 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 15.7 | 17.5 | 13.21 |
| Still | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.38 | 0.39 |
| 22.4* | 24.8* | 21.4* | 21.0* | 27.37* | |
| Deaths— | |||||
| All causes | 11.4 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 10.52 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | 0.00 |
| Whooping cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | 0.00 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.15 |
| Influenza | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.12 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Pneumonia | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0.52 | 0.64 | 0.37 |
| Notifications (corrected)— | |||||
| Typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Meningococcal infection | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet fever | 1.39 | 1.50 | 1.44 | 1.02 | 1.29 |
| Whooping cough | 3.58 | 3.72 | 3.38 | 3.30 | 5.06 |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.16 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Mensles | 12.36 | 11.27 | 12.32 | 8.09 | 13.37 |
| Pneumonia | 0.84 | 0.92 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.40 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (in | |||||
| cluding polioencephalitis) | |||||
| Paralytic | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0 06 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.04 | 0 03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Pood Poisoning | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.38 | 0.25 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 18.23* | 24.33* | 12.46* | 28.61* | 11.57* |
| Bates per 1,000 lire births | |||||
| Deaths underoneyear of age | 26.8† | 30.8 | 24.3 | 24.8 | 18.39 |
| Deaths from diarrhoea and enteritis under two years of age | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.08 |
| Maternal mortality Pregnancy, childbirth and abortion | 0.76* | Not available | 1.05* | ||
| Abortion— | Mortality per million women aged 15-44 | ||||
| With sepsis | 5 | N ot availabl e | |||
| Without sepsis | 3 | ||||
* Per 1,000 total (live and still) births,
t Per 1,000 related live births.