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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

Merton and Morden 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]

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Table: SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1937. (Registrar General's Figures).Population:Mid. 2937 Registrar General's Estimate 65,530 Births:

SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1937. (Registrar General's Figures).

Population:

Mid. 2937 Registrar General's Estimate 65,530 Births:

M.F.Total.
Live (Legitimate)418373792
(Illegitimate)212021
429383822
Birth rate22.3
Stillbirths131124
Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 total births28.7
Deaths:262225487
Death Rate7.4
Infant Mortality:
All deaths under 1 year32
Rate per 2,000 live births39.4
Deaths of legitimate infants under 1 year29
Rate per 2,000 legitimate births36.6
Deaths of illegitimate infants under 2 year3
Rate per 2,000 illegitimate births142
Maternal Mortality:
Deaths "from Sepsis2
Deaths from other puerperal causes1
Maternal death rate2.38
Zymotic Deaths:
Deaths from Measles—
Deaths from Whooping Cough2
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years)—
7 Principal Zymotic Diseases6
Zymotic Death Rate (per 1,000 population)0.09
Deaths from Tuberculosis:
All forms34
Rate per 1.000 population0.53
Phthisis33
Rate per 1,000 population0.52
Deaths from Cancer93
Rate per 1,000 population1.4