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Merton and Morden 1937

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

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Table: TABLE II.Showing Births and Deaths with Rates since the Amalgamation of Merton with Morden.

TABLE II.

Showing Births and Deaths with Rates since the Amalgamation of Merton with Morden.

Year.Estimated population.Total Births.Birth Rate.Total Deaths.Death Rate.
191316,76740023.51669.9
191417,500420241428.2
191517,50040222.916910.4
191616,00034827.751348.3
191717,00027115.751459
191817,5522411420413
191918,10025714.221011.6
192018,20035919.81719.4
192118,00032217.81387.6
192218,50036519.719810.7
192318,75034118.11538.1
192418,71031116.61709.1
192518,96030716.21879.9
192619,98033316.71799.0
192721,85035216.132009.2
192825,78039215.22248.7
192927,43044216.128110.2
193035,00045212.92416.9
193141,61062815.13338.0
193248,55077015.83527.2
193352,13064412.34167.9
193455,55077013.84848.7
193557,44072112.54337.5
193661,00078912.94437.2
193765,53081212.34877.4

Table: DEATHS.The registered deaths numbered 487, of which 262 were males, and 225 females. This total was arrived at by transfer adjustments in the following manner:—

DEATHS.

The registered deaths numbered 487, of which 262 were males, and 225 females. This total was arrived at by transfer adjustments in the following manner:—

Total deaths registered in the district328
Less deaths of non-residents (outward transfers)76
252
Plus deaths of residents occurring outside the district (inward transfers)235
Total487

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The crude death rate was 7.4 per 1,000 population,
compared with 7.2 in the year before.
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