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Merton and Morden 1940

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

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Table: TABLE XIV.INCIDENCE AND FATALITY OF DIPHTHERIA, 1920—1941.

TABLE XIV.

INCIDENCE AND FATALITY OF DIPHTHERIA, 1920—1941.

Year.Population.No. of cases.Incidence rate per 1,000 population.No. of deaths.Percentage of deaths to cases.
192018,200472.536.3%
192118,000281.513.5%
192218,500623.346.4%
192318,750392.0812.5%
192418,710683.668.9%
192518,960251.318.3%
192619,980241.228.5%
192721,850291.326.8%
192825,780381.4——
192927,430531.911.8%
193035,000722.0568.3%
193141,610801.967.5%
193248,550300.6——
193352,130350.612.8%
193455,550821.489.7%
193557,440440.7649.0%
193661,000280.45—–
193765,530220.33418.1%
193868,980280.4027.1%
1939(b) 71,220320.4426.2%
194068.540200.2915.0%
194164,92024———
194286,59015–16.6%

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TUBERCULOSIS—1940, 1941, 1942.
1940. One hundred and eighteen new cases were added to the
register of tuberculous persons compared with 130 in
the year before.
1941. One hundred and sixteen new cases were added to the
register of tuberculous persons compared with 118 in
the year before.
1942. One hundred and fifty-one new cases were added to the
register of tuberculous persons compared with 116 in
the year before.

Table: These additions were:—

These additions were:—

MalesFemalesTotals
1940194119421940194.11942194019411942
Pulmonary6162773336509498127
Non-Pulmonary1311711717242824
747384444367118116151