Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 1960
England and Wales | Mitcham | |
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Rates per 1,000 home population | ||
Live | 17.1 | 14.42 |
Still | 0.34 | 0.29 |
19.7 | 18.54* | |
All causes | 11.5 | 11.12 |
Malignant neoplasm—lung, bronchus | 0.48 | 0.56 |
Whooping cough | 0.001 | … |
Diphtheria | … | … |
Tuberculosis—all forms | 0.07 | 0.05 |
Influenza | 0.02 | 0 015 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | … | … |
Pneumonia | 0.55 | 0.42 |
Coronary disease—angina pectoris | 2.01 | 1.95 |
Maternal mortality | 0.39* | …* |
Scarlet Fever | 0.703 | 0.374 |
Whooping Cough | 1.270 | 1.841 |
Diphtheria | 0.001 | … |
Measles | 3.482 | 2.53 |
Acute Poliomyelitis— | ||
Paralytic | 0.006 | … |
Non-Paralytic | 0.003 | … |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 0.002 | … |
Para-typhoid Fever | 0.005 | … |
Meningococcal Infection | 0.014 | 0.016 |
Erysipelas | 0.065 | 0.078 |
Dysentery | 0.946 | 0.094 |
Acute Encephalitis— | ||
Infective | 0.003 | … |
Post-Infectious | 0.003 | … |
Acute Pneumonia | 0.318 | 0.156 |
Food Poisoning | 0.169 | 0.094 |
Tuberculosis— | ||
Respiratory | 0.462 | 0.234 |
Non-Respiratory | 0.058 | 0.031 |
* Per 1,000 total (live and still) births. |