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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Merton and Morden 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton and Morden]
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TABLE I.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births. | Total Deaths registered in District. | Transferable Deaths. | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | Of Non-residents registered in the District. | Of residents not registered in the District. | Under 1 year of age. | At all ages. | |||||||
| Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1000 Nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1915 | 17500 | 386 | 402 | 22.9 | 167 | 10.3 | 49 | 51 | 27 | 67 | 169 | 10.4 |
| 16196 | ||||||||||||
| 1916 | 16000 | 348 | 21.75 | 168 | 10.5 | 72 | 48 | 17 | 49 | 134 | 8.3 | |
| 1917 | 17000 | 271 | 15.75 | 168 | 10.5 | 57 | 34 | 24 | 88.6 | 145 | 9 | |
| 1918 | 17552 | 241 | 14 | 204 | 13 | 56 | 56 | 23 | 95.4 | 204 | 13 | |
| 15000 | ||||||||||||
| 1919 | 18100 | 257 | 14.2 | 219 | 12.1 | 52 | 43 | 13 | 50.5 | 210 | 11.6 | |
| 1920 | 18200 | 359 | 19.8 | 180 | 9.9 | 40 | 31 | 26 | 72.4 | 171 | 9.4 | |