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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 1962
[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 1962
| England and Wales | Mitcham | |
|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 home population | ||
| Live | 18.0 | 14.41 |
| Still | 0.33 | 0.30 |
| 18.1* | 19.90* | |
| All causes | 11.9 | 12.37 |
| Malignant neoplasm— lung, bronchus | 0.51 | 0.77 |
| Whooping cough | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | ... | ... |
| Tuberculosis— all forms | 0.07 | 0.06 |
| Influenza | 0.07 | 0.015 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ... | ... |
| Pneumonia | 0.66 | 0.61 |
| Coronary disease— angina pectoris | 2.20 | 2.69 |
| Maternal mortality | 0.35* | ...* |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.33 | 0.53 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.18 | 0.25 |
| Diphtheria | ... | ... |
| Measles | 3.96 | 3.13 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis— | ||
| Paralytic | 0.005 | 0.016 |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.001 | ... |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 0.003 | ... |
| Para-typhoid Fever | 0.003 | ... |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.012 | 0.016 |
| Erysipelas | 0.38 | 0.094 |
| Dysentery | 0.66 | 0.13 |
| Acute Encephalitis— | ||
| Infective | 0.002 | ... |
| Post-Infectious | 0.002 | ... |
| Acute Pneumonia | 0.27 | 0.05 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.11 | 0.016 |
| Tuberculosis— | ||
| Respiratory | 0.39 | 0.28 |
| Non-Respiratory | 0.05 | 0.06 |
| * Per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | ||