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and more than any county borough whose records are submitted to
the Ministry of Health.
Last year the figures for ordinary immunisation, mostly with the
triple antigen, against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus,
amounted to about 80 per cent, of all children up to one year of age,
again a very high rate.
The tuberculosis death rate at 0.06 compares with 0.07 per
1,000 population for England and Wales. Notifications were 22
compared with 21 for the previous year. Ten years ago there were
more than 100 each year.
Dysentery was notified in eight cases as against 1 for 1961. The
figure for this disease is very variable.
There were no cases of enteric fever.
The birth rate of 14.70 per 1,000 population compares with 18
for England and Wales.
The crude death rate of 10.40 compares with 11.9 for England
and Wales. It is generally below that of England and Wales.
The death rate from cancer for Mitcham in 1962 was 2.23 while
that for England and Wales was 2.19 per 1,000 population. Deaths
from lung cancer however, increased from 0.61 to 0.77 per 1,000
population compared with 0.51 for England and Wales.
As regards infant mortality the local rate was 14.94 and the rate
for England and Wales, 20.7 per 1,000 live births, the lowest ever
recorded.
The Home Safety Committee participated in various National
Safety Weeks and also organised a Home Safety Competition for the
schoolchildren in the Borough which had about 2,000 entries.
The Meals-on-Wheels service, run by the W.V.S., continued to
supply meals on four days a week to the housebound and to old age
pensioners at the London Road Old People's Welfare Club.
Clean Air Act.— The first area, which is in the Pollards Hill
region, has been inspected and details submitted to the Minister of