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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 1963
[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 1963
| England and Wales | Mitcham | |
|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 home population | ||
| Live | 18.2 | 15.95 |
| Still | 0.32 | 0.14 |
| 17.2* | 9.081 | |
| All causes | 12.2 | 12.78 |
| Malignant neoplasm—lung, bronchus | 0.52 | 0.69 |
| Whooping cough | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | ... | ... |
| Tuberculosis—all forms | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Influenza | 0.07 | 0 08 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ... | ... |
| Pneumonia | 0.77 | 0.74 |
| Coronary disease—angina pectoris | 2.29 | 2.27 |
| Maternal mortality | 0.28* | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.37 | 0.44 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.74 | 0.55 |
| Diphtheria | 0.001 | ... |
| Measles | 12.78 | 12.14 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis— | ||
| Paralytic | 0.001 | ... |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.0003 | ... |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 0.005 | ... |
| Para-typhoid Fever | 0.007 | ... |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.013 | ... |
| Erysipelas | 0.033 | 0.05 |
| Dysentery | 0.67 | 0.29 |
| Acute Encephalitis— | ||
| Infective | 0.002 | ... |
| Post-Infectious | 0.003 | 0.016 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 0.30 | 0.22 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.12 | 0.031 |
| Tuberculosis— | ||
| Respiratory | 0.35 | 0.16 |
| Non-Respiratory | 0.05 | 0.016 |
* Per 1,000 total (live and still) births.