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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]
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TABLE C.
Birth Rate, Death Rate, and Analysis of Mortality, 1908.
| Annual Rate per thousand living. | Deaths under 1 year per 1000 registered births. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths. | Principal zymotic diseases. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhæa. | ||
| England and Wales | 26.5 | 14.7 | 1.29 | 0.00 | 0.22 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.27 | 0.07 | 0.50 | 121 |
| 76 Great Towns | 27. | 14.9 | 1.59 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.29 | 0.08 | 0.65 | 128 |
| 142 smaller „ | 26. | 14. | 1.26 | ... | 0.20 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 0.08 | 0.52 | 124 |
| England and Wales, less the 218 towns | 26.2 | 14.7 | .99 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 0.07 | 0.33 | 110 |
| Merton | 28.1 | 7.9 | .55 | ... | ... | ... | .39 | ... | .07 | .07 | 48 |