[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden] page 21

Merton and Morden 1940

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

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Table: The Cancer Death Rates for the last twelve years are given below. They show no definite trend but were it not for the fact that during this period the district has grown rapidly chiefly by migration into it of young persons who have not yet reached the cancer age, the figures would probably have been less favourable:—

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The Cancer Death Rates for the last twelve years are given below. They show no definite trend but were it not for the fact that during this period the district has grown rapidly chiefly by migration into it of young persons who have not yet reached the cancer age, the figures would probably have been less favourable:—

Year.	Death Bate per 1,000 population.	Year.	Death Rate per 1,000 population.
1930	1.2	1937	1.4
1931	0.9	1938	1.2
1932	1.2	1939	1.1
1933	1.0	1940	1.2
1934	1.2	1941	1.3
1935	1.0	1942	1.5
1936	1.2

Table: TABLE III.Deaths from Respiratory Diseases, 1925-42.

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TABLE III.

Deaths from Respiratory Diseases, 1925-42.

Year	Bronchitis	Pneumonia	Other Respiratory Diseases	Total	Death Rate
1925	6	16	1	23	1.2
1926	6	8	5	19	0.9
1927	10	11	5	26	1.2
1928	8	14	2	24	0.9
1929	11	20	4	35	1.2
1930	2	10	8	15	0.4
1931	8	24	4	36	0.8
1932	11	27	3	41	0.8
1933	12	82	6	50	0.9
1934	7	88	4	49	0.8
1935	9	22	6	37	0.6
1936	2	85	2	39	0.6
1937	14	81	6	51	0.8
1938	15	27	7	49	0.7
1939	5	20	9	34	0.4
1940	38	40	15	93	1.3
1941	30	80	6	66	0.9
1942	9	12	20	41	—

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Table: TABLE III.Deaths from Respiratory Diseases, 1925-42.