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 1961
England and Wales | Mitcham | |
---|---|---|
Rates per 1,000 home population | ||
Live | 17.4 | 14.26 |
Still | 0.33 | 0.09 |
19.1* | 7.28* | |
All causes | 12.0 | 12.06 |
Malignant neoplasm—lung, bronchus | 0.49 | 0.61 |
Whooping cough | ... | 0.016 |
Diphtheria | ... | ... |
Tuberculosis—all forms | 0.07 | 0.06 |
Influenza | 0.15 | 0 016 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 0.001 | ... |
Pneumonia | 0.65 | 0.63 |
Coronary disease—angina pectoris | 2.07 | 2.08 |
Maternal mortality | 0.33* | ... |
Scarlet Fever | 0.43 | 0.50 |
Whooping Cough | 0.53 | 0.91 |
Diphtheria | 0.001 | ... |
Measles | 16.50 | 13.32 |
Acute Poliomyelitis— | ||
Paralytic | 0.016 | ... |
Non-Paralytic | 0.004 | ... |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 0.002 | ... |
Para-typhoid Fever | 0.005 | ... |
Meningococcal Infection | 0.014 | 0.016 |
Erysipelas | 0.05 | 0.094 |
Dysentery | 0.44 | 0.016 |
Acute Encephalitis— | ||
Infective | 0.003 | ... |
Post-Infectious | 0.003 | ... |
Acute Pneumonia | 0.40 | 0.11 |
Food Poisoning | 0.16 | 0.031 |
Tuberculosis— | ||
Respiratory | 0.41 | 0.33 |
Non-Respiratory | 0.06 |
* Per 1,000 total (live and still) births.