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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Birth-Rates, Death Rates, Analysis of Mortality and Maternal Mortality in the Year 1956
| England and Wales | Mitcham | |
|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 home population | ||
| Births— | ||
| Live | 15.7 | 12.91 |
| Still | 0.21 | 0.21 |
| 23.0* | 15.77* | |
| Deaths— | ||
| All causes | 11.7 | 11.49 |
| Malignant neoplasm—lung, bronchus | 0.41 | 0.55 |
| Whooping cough | 0.000 | ... |
| Diphtheria | 0.000 | ... |
| Tuberculosis— all forms | 0.12 | 0.20 |
| Influenza | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 0.00 | ... |
| Pneumonia | 0.52 | 0.72 |
| Coronary disease—angina pectoris | 1.67 | 1.55 |
| Maternal mortality | 0.56* | ... |
| Notifications (Corrected)— | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 0.74 | 0.86 |
| Whooping Cough | 2.07 | 1.49 |
| Diphtheria | 0.002 | ... |
| Measles | 3.59 | 0.77 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis— | ||
| Paralytic | 0.038 | 0 08 |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.033 | 0.12 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 0.003 | 0.015 |
| Para-typhoid Fever | 0.010 | 0.015 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.026 | 0.015 |
| Erysipelas | 0.096 | 0.11 |
| Dysentery | 1.10 | 0.90 |
| Acute Encephalitis— | ||
| Infective | 0.004 | ... |
| Post-Infectious | 0.002 | ... |
| Acute Pneumonia | 0.57 | 0.29 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.25 | 0.17 |
| Tuberculosis— | ||
| Respiratory | 0.71 | 0.46 |
| Non-Respiratory | 0.10 | 0.015 |
* Per 1,000 total (live and still) births.