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Merton and Morden 1949

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

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TABLE I.

COMPARATIVE STATISTICS, 1949.

(Registrar General's Figures with Corresponding Figures for Merton and Morden added).

England and Wales126 County Boro's and Great Towns including London148 Smaller Towns (Residential Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census)London Administrafive CountyMerton and Morden
Births:Rates per 1,000 Population.
Live16.7 *18.718.018.513.05
Still0.39*0.470.400.370.18
Deaths:
All causes11.712.511.612.28.98
Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers0.000.000.000.000.01
Whooping Cough0.010.020.010.010.00
Diphtheria0.000.000.000.000.00
Tuberculosis0.450.520.420.520.39
Influenza0.150.150.140.110.13
Smallpox0.000.00
Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis0.010.020.020.010.01
Pneumonia0.510.560.490.590.31
Notifications: (Corrected)
Typhoid Fever0.010.010.010.010.00
Paratyphoid Fever0.010.020.010.010.00
Cerebro-spinal Fever0.020.030.020.020.01
Scarlet Fever1.631.721.831.462.49
Whooping Cough2.392.442.391.704.38
Diphtheria0.040.050.040.070.02
Erysipelas0.190.200.190.170.15
Smallpox0 000.000.000.000.00
Measles8.958.919.188.549.55
Pneumonia0.800.910.650.550.98
Acute Poliomyelitis0.130.130.120.180.13
Acute Polioencephalitis0.010.010.020.010.02
Food Poisoning0.140.160.140.190.11
Rates per 1,000 Live Births.
Deaths:
AH causes under 1 year of age32†37302924.36
Enteritis and Diarrhoea under 2 years of age3.03.82.41.70.00
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still).
Notifications: (Corrected)
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia6.318.145.306.825.00

* Rates per 1,000 Total Population,
† Per 1,000 Related Births.
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