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 1962
England and Wales | Mitcham | |
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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. |