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Merton and Morden 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XIV.
CHILDREN ATTENDING CENTRES DURING 1939. B y A ge G roups.
| Children born in | MERTON CENTRE | MORDEN CENTRE | RAYNES | PARK CENTRE | PARISH HALL CENTRE | ALL CENTRES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number attended | Attendances | Average attendances per child | Number attended | Attendances | Average attendances per child | Number attended | Attendances | Average attendances per child | Number attended | Attendances | Average attendances per child | Number attended | Attendances | Average Attendances per child | |
| 1939 (1st year) | † 96(7) | 958 | 9.9 | 158 | 1,457 | 9.2 | *283(24) | 2,291 | 8.0 | †200(17) | 1,811 | 9.0 | 737 | 6.517 | 8.8 |
| 1938 (1st and 2nd year) | 117(3) | 1,276 | 10.9 | 143 | 1,790 | 12.5 | 238(13) | 4,042 | 16.9 | 183(10) | 2,765 | 15.1 | 681 | 9,873 | 14.4 |
| 1937 (2nd and 3rd year) | 52(2) | 524 | 10.7 | 159 | 997 | 6.2 | 227(6) | 1,271 | 5.5 | 72(4) | 529 | 7.3 | 510 | 3,321 | 6.5 |
| 1936 (3rd and 4th year) | 42 | 320 | 7.6 | 143 | 580 | 4.0 | 232(6) | 949 | 4.0 | 52(6) | 378 | 7.2 | 469 | 2,227 | 4.7 |
| 1935 (4th and 5th year) | 38(1) | 220 | 5.7 | 185 | 640 | 3.4 | 184(5) | 490 | 2.6 | 37(4) | 215 | 5.8 | 444 | 1.565 | 3.5 |
| 1934 (5th year) | 22 | 82 | 3.7 | 153 | 438 | 2.8 | 112 | 242 | 2.1 | 16 | 111 | 6.9 | 303 | 873 | 2.8 |
| All ages under 5 | 367(13) | 3,380 | 9.2 | 941 | 5,902 | 6.2 | 1,276(54) | 9,285 | 7.2 | 560(41) | 5,809 | 10.3 | 3,144 | 24,376 | 7.7 |
* Numbers in brackets in this column transferred to Merton and Parish Hall subsequently,
t Numbers in brackets in these columns had previously attended Raynes Park Centre.
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