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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 1959
[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 1959
| England and Wales | Mitcham | |
|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 home population | ||
| Live | 16.5 | 12.76 |
| Still | 0.35 | 0.19 |
| 121.0 | 13.97 | |
| All causes | 11.6 | 12.6 |
| Malignant neoplasm—lung, bronchus | 0.46 | 0.50 |
| Whooping cough | 0.001 | ... |
| Diphtheria | ... | ... |
| Tuberculosis—all forms | 0.08 | 0.03 |
| Influenza | 0.17 | 0.11 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 0.001 | ... |
| Pneumonia | 0.59 | 0.53 |
| Coronary disease—angina pectoris | 1.87 | 2.31 |
| Maternal mortality | 0.38* | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.05 | 1.07 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.73 | 0.26 |
| Diphtheria | 0.002 | ... |
| Measles | 11.88 | 13.00 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis— | ... | |
| Paralytic | 0.016 | 0.016 |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.006 | ... |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 0.003 | ... |
| Para-typhoid Fever | 0.008 | ... |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.018 | 0.016 |
| Erysipelas | 0.070 | 0.062 |
| Dysentery | 0.784 | 0.16 |
| Acute Encephalitis— | ||
| Infective | 0.003 | ... |
| Post-Infectious | 0.003 | ... |
| Acute Pneumonia | 0.59 | 0.34 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.11 | 0.42 |
| Tuberculosis— | ||
| Respiratory | 0.54 | 0.40 |
| Non-Respiratory | 0.058 | 0.03 |
* Per 1,000 total dive and still) births.