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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 1938

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

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Table: SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1938. (Registrar General's Figures).

SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1938. (Registrar General's Figures).

Population:
Mid. 1938 Registrar General's Estimate68,980
Births
M.F.Total.
Live (Leg.)453506959
(Illeg.)171431
470520990
Birth rate14.3
Stillbirths161127
Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 total births26.5
Deaths:268241509
Death Rate7.3
Infant Mortality:
All deaths under 1 year39
Rate per 1,000 live births39.3
Deaths of leg. infants under 1 year34
Rate per 1,000 leg. births35.4
Deaths of illeg. infants under 1 year5
Rate per 1,000 illeg. births161
Maternal Mortality:
Deaths from Sepsis1
Deaths from other puerperal causes2
Maternal death rate2.94
Zymotic Deaths:
Deaths from Measles—
Deaths from Whooping Cough—
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years)5
7 Principal Zymotic Diseases7
Zymotic Death Rate (per 1,000 popu
lation)0.10
Deaths from Tuberculosis :
All forms53
Rate per 1,000 population0.76
Phthisis47
Rate per 1,000 population0.68
Deaths from Cancer89
Rate per 1,000 population1.2