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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Birth-Rates, Death Rates, Analysis of Mortality and Notifications of Infectious Diseases in the Year 1958
| England and Wales | Mitcham | |
|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 home population | ||
| Live | 16.4 | 13.91 |
| Still | 0.36 | 0.25 |
| 21.52* | 16.90* | |
| All causes | 11.7 | 9.57 |
| Malignant neoplasm—lung, bronchus | 0.44 | 0.40 |
| Whooping cough | 0.001 | ... |
| Diphtheria | 0.000 | ... |
| Tuberculosis—all forms | 0.097 | 0.08 |
| Influenza | 0.05 | 0 05 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 0.003 | ... |
| Pneumonia | 0.53 | 0.31 |
| Coronary disease—angina pectoris | 1.87 | 1.82 |
| Maternal mortality | 0.43* | ...* |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.86 | 1.16 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.74 | 0.70 |
| Diphtheria | 0.001 | ... |
| Measles | 5.75 | 2.66 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis— | ||
| Paralytic | 0.031 | ... |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.018 | ... |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 0.003 | ... |
| Para-typhoid Fever | 0.004 | 0.015 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.019 | ... |
| Erysipelas | 0.073 | 0.05 |
| Dysentery | 0.85 | 0.12 |
| Acute Encephalitis— | ||
| Infective | 0.004 | ... |
| Post-Infectious | 0.003 | ... |
| Acute Pneumonia | 0.49 | 0.19 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.20 | 0.14 |
| Tuberculosis- | ||
| Respiratory | 0.59 | 0.41 |
| Non-Respiratory | 0.08 | 0.06 |
* Per 1,000 total (live and still) births.