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Merton and Morden 1940

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

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TABLE I.

COMPARATIVE STATISTICS, 1942.

(R.G.'s Provisional Figures with Corresponding Figures for Merton

and Morden added).

	England and Wales.	126 County Boro's and Great Towns including London.	148 Smaller Towns (Residentia Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census).	London Adminis- tive County. !	Merton and Morden.
	Rates per 1,000 Population.
Births:—	1942	1942	1942	1942	1942
Live	15.8	17.3	18.4	14.0	16.05
Still	0.54	0.66	0.62	0.48	0.37
Deaths—
All causes	11.6	13.3	12.1	13.9	8.8
Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Scarlet fever	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Whooping Cough	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.04	0.00
Diphtheria	0.05	0.06	0.04	0.02	0.01
Influenza	0.09	0.09	0.10	0.07	0.08
Smallpox	—	—	—	—	—
Measles	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.00
Notifications:—
Enteric	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.01
Paratyphoid fever	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	—
Cerebro-spinal fever	0.14	0.17	0.12	0.15	0.2
Scarelt fever	2.19	2.49	2.34	1.86	3.4
Whooping Cough	1.73	1.97	1.58	2.72	2.8
Diphtheria	1.05	1.35	0.91	0.76	0.18
Erysipelas	0.30	0.36	0.26	0.43	0.12
Smallpox	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0.00
Measles	7.46	9.27	7.39	8.62	14.1
Pneumonia	1.07	1.30	0.94	0.94	1.3
	Rates per 1,000 Live Births.
Deaths under 1 year of age	49	59	46	60	35
Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis under 2 years of age	5.2	7.5	4.8	8.6	5
Maternal Mortaltiy (excluding Abortion)	Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still).
Puerperal Infection No. 147	0.42	Not available
Total	1.59
Others	2.01
Notifications:—
Puerperal pyrexia	12.61	15.94	10.80	3.10	0.165
Puerperal fever	12.61	15.94	10.80	17.69*	0.165

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* Including Puerperal Fever.
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