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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 1953
[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 | 896 | 458 | 438 | |
| Illegitimate | 28 | 16 | 12 | - |
| Total | 924 | 474 | 450 | 13.91 |
| After correction by the comparability factor becomes 18.21 | ||||
| Legitimate | 24 | 12 | 12 | |
| Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Total | 26 | 18 | 13 | 27.87 |
| 618 | 314 | 299 | 9.23 | |
| After correction by the comparability factor becomes 10.52 | ||||
Deaths from pregnancy, childbirth and abortion:—
| Number of cases 1 | 1.05 |
| Deaths of infants under one year of age:— | |
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 18.39 |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 live legitimate | |
| births | 16.74 |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 live illegitimate | |
| births | 71.48 |
| Deaths from:— | |
| Cancer (all ages) | 129 |
| Measles | 2 |
| Whooping cough (all ages) | — |
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea under two years of age | |