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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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There were vacancies in all classes of work for those willing and
able.
Mitcham is chiefly a working class area. Nearly two-thirds of
the houses have been built since 1921 and more than 50 per cent,
of all roads are tree-lined.
Virtually no building land is available except for the £2} million
Phipps Bridge scheme on which preliminary work has been done.
STATISTICS
| Live Births. | Total | Male | Female | Rate per 1,000 of population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 914 | 452 | 462 | |
| Illegitimate | 39 | 18 | 21 | |
| Total | 953 | 470 | 483 | 14.87 |
| After correction by the comparability factor becomes 14.42 | ||||
| Illegitimate live births per cent. of total live births 4.27 | ||||
| Still Births. | Total | Male | Female | Rate per 1,000 total births |
| Legitimate | 17 | 7 | 10 | |
| Illegitimate | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 18 | 7 | 11 | 18.54 |
| Deaths. | Total | Male | Female | Rate per 1,000 of population |
| 599 | 310 | 289 | 9.35 | |
| After correction by the comparability factor becomes 11.12 | ||||
Deaths from pregnancy, childbirth and abortion: —
Rate per 1,000
total births
Number of cases Nil —
Deaths of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 22.26
Legitimate infants per 1,000 live legitimate births 20.79
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 live illegitimate births 51.28