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Merton and Morden 1950

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

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TABLE I.

COMPARATIVE STATISTICS, 1950.

(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 Administrative CountyMerton and Morden
Rates per 1,000 Population.
Births:
Live15.817.616.717.812.38
Still0.370.450.380.360.24
Deaths:
All causes11.612.311.611.89.35
Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers0.000.000.000.000.00
Whooping Cough0.010.010.010.010.00
Diphtheria0.000.000.000.000.00
Tuberculosis0.360.420.330.390.33
Influenza0.100.090.100.070.05
Smallpox
Acute Poliomyelitis (incl. Polioencephalitis)0.020.020.020.010.01
Pneumonia0.460.490.450.480.33
Notifications: (Corrected)
Typhoid Fever0.000.000.000.010.00
Paratyphoid Fever0.010.010.010.010.00
Meningococcal Infection0.030.030.020.030.01
Scarlet Fever1.501.561.611.231.60
Whooping Cough3.603.973.153.212.95
Diphtheria0.020.030.020.030.00
Erysipelas0.170.190.160.170.13
Smallpox0.000.000.00
Measles8.398.768.366.576.91
Pneumonia0.700.770.610.500.99
Ac. Poliomyelitis:-
Paralytic0.130.120.110.080.07
Non-Paralytic0.050.050.060.050.01
Food Poisoning0.170.160.140.250.13
Rates per 1,000 Live Births.
Deaths:
All causes under 1 year of age29.8t33.829.426.311.73
Enteritis and Diarrhoea under 2 years of age1.92.21.61.00.00
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still).
Notifications: (Corrected)
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia5.817.434.336.036.28

† Per 1,000 Related Births.
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