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Merton and Morden 1940

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

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Table: Institutional and Domiciliary Births.The tendency of recent years towards increased Institutional confinements continues. Forty-seven per cent. of the births which occurred in 1940 and fifty-eight per cent. in 1941. took place in hospitals or nursing homes as follows:—

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Institutional and Domiciliary Births.The tendency of recent years towards increased Institutional confinements continues. Forty-seven per cent. of the births which occurred in 1940 and fifty-eight per cent. in 1941. took place in hospitals or nursing homes as follows:—

	1940	1941	1942
Nelson Hospital	214	343	305
Kingston County Hospital	94	69	44
Other hospitals, institutions and nursing homes	147	81	219
	455	493	568

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

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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.
1913	16,767	400	23.5	166	9.9
1914	17,500	420	24	142	8.2
1915	17,500	402	22.9	169	10.4
1916	16,000	348	27.75	134	8.3
1917	17,000	271	15.75	145	9.0
1918	17,552	241	14	204	13.0
1919	18,100	257	14.2	210	11.6
1920	18,200	359	19.8	171	9.4
1921	18,000	322	17.8	138	7.6
1922	18,500	365	19.7	198	10.7
1923	18,750	341	18.1	153	8.1
1924	18,710	311	16.6	170	9.1
1925	18,960	307	16.2	187	9.9
1926	19,980	333	16.7	179	9.0
1927	21,850	352	16.13	200	9.2
1928	25,860	392	15.2	224	8.7
1929	27,430	442	16.1	281	10.2
1930	35,000	452	12.9	241	6.9
1931	41,610	628	15.1	333	8.0
1932	48,550	770	15.8	352	7.2
1933	52,130	644	12.3	416	7.9
1934	55,550	770	13.8	484	8.7
1935	57,440	721	12.5	433	7.5
1936	61,000	789	12.9	443	7.2
1937	65,530	812	12.3	487	7.4
1938	68,980	990	14.3	509	7.3
1939	72,150	1,005	13.9	516	7.2
1940	68,540	971	14.2	714	10.4
1941	64,920	848	13.06	557	8.58
1942	66,590	1,069	16.05	588	8.8

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Merton and Morden 1940

Table: Institutional and Domiciliary Births.The tendency of recent years towards increased Institutional confinements continues. Forty-seven per cent. of the births which occurred in 1940 and fifty-eight per cent. in 1941. took place in hospitals or nursing homes as follows:—

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