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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 1957
[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 1957
| England and Wales | Mitcham | |
|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 home population | ||
| Live | 16.1 | 13.05 |
| Still | 0.37 | 10.26 |
| 21.92* | 119.27* | |
| All causes | 11.5 | 9.15 |
| Malignant neoplasm—lung, bronchus | 0.43 | 0.63 |
| Whooping cough | 0.000 | ... |
| Diphtheria | 0.000 | ... |
| Tuberculosis—all forms | 0.11 | 0.08 |
| Influenza | 015 | 0.15 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 0.01 | ... |
| Pneumonia | 0.52 | 0.41 |
| Coronary disease—angina pectoris | 1.70 | 1.43 |
| Maternal mortality | 0.47* | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.65 | 0.28 |
| Whooping Cough | 1.89 | 2.01 |
| Diphtheria | 0.001 | ... |
| Measles | 14.11 | 20.91 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis— | ||
| Paralytic | 0.071 | 0 03 |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.037 | 0.015 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 0.003 | ... |
| Para-typhoid Fever | 0.007 | ... |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.023 | ... |
| Erysipelas | 0.079 | 0.06 |
| Dysentery | 0.64 | 0.72 |
| Acute Encephalitis— | ||
| Infective | 0.004 | ... |
| Post-Infectious | 0.003 | 0 03 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 0.73 | 0.37 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.20 | 0.06 |
| Tuberculosis— | ||
| Respiratory | 0.65 | 0.32 |
| Non-Respiratory | 0.08 | 0.015 |
* Per 1,000 total (live and still) births.