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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 I .— Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1908 and Previous Years.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Non-residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Under 1 year of age. | At all ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate.* | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1000 births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1898 | 4123 | 94 | 22.7 | 20 | 212 | 64 | 15.5 | |||||
| 1899 | 4280 | 109 | 25.4 | 12 | 110 | 50 | 11.6 | |||||
| 1900 | 4398 | 116 | 26.3 | 14 | 120 | 48 | 10.9 | |||||
| 1901 | 4510 | 164 | 36.3 | 18 | 109 | 62 | 13.7 | |||||
| 1902 | 5350 | 168 | 31.4 | 23 | 136 | 71 | 13.2 | |||||
| 1903 | 6060 | 221 | 36.4 | 20 | 90 | 70 | 11.5 | |||||
| 1904 | 7450 | 219 | 29.3 | 21 | 95 | 75 | 10 | |||||
| 1905 | 9150 | 258 | 28.1 | 22 | 85 | 80 | 8.7 | |||||
| 1906 | 9290 | 280 | 30.1 | 32 | 114 | 117 | 12.5 | |||||
| 1907 | 11300 | 332 | 29.3 | 30 | 90 | 120 | 10.6 | |||||
| Averages for Years, 1898—1907 | 6591.1 | 196.1 | 29.7 | 21.2 | 108 | 75.7 | 11.4 | |||||
| 1908 | 12550 | 353 | 28.1 | 17 | 48.1 | 85 | 6.7 | Nil | Nil | 15 | 100 | 79 |
* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.