Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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(Registrar General's Figures with Corresponding Figures for Merton and Morden added).
England and Wales | 126 County Boro's and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns (Residential Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census) | London Administrative County | Merton and Morden | |
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Rates per 1,000 Population. | |||||
Live | 15.8 | 17.6 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 12.38 |
Still | 0.37 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.24 |
All causes | 11.6 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 9.35 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Tuberculosis | 0.36 | 0.42 | 0.33 | 0.39 | 0.33 |
Influenza | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
Smallpox | — | — | — | — | |
Acute Poliomyelitis (incl. Polioencephalitis) | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Pneumonia | 0.46 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.33 |
Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Meningococcal Infection | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
Scarlet Fever | 1.50 | 1.56 | 1.61 | 1.23 | 1.60 |
Whooping Cough | 3.60 | 3.97 | 3.15 | 3.21 | 2.95 |
Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
Erysipelas | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.13 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | 0.00 |
Measles | 8.39 | 8.76 | 8.36 | 6.57 | 6.91 |
Pneumonia | 0.70 | 0.77 | 0.61 | 0.50 | 0.99 |
Ac. Poliomyelitis:- | |||||
Paralytic | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.07 |
Non-Paralytic | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
Food Poisoning | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.25 | 0.13 |
Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||
All causes under 1 year of age | 29.8t | 33.8 | 29.4 | 26.3 | 11.73 |
Enteritis and Diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.00 |
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still). | |||||
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia | 5.81 | 7.43 | 4.33 | 6.03 | 6.28 |
† Per 1,000 Related Births.
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