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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: TABLE I.

TABLE I.

England and Wales126 County Boro's and Great Towns including London148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 CensusLondon Administrative CountyMerton and Morden
Bates per 1.030 Population
Births:— Live Still15.1 0.6015.0 0.6515.4 0.6013.4 0.4814.3 0.39
Deuths:— All causes Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers Smallpox Measles Scarlet fever Whooping Cough Diphtheria Influenza11.6 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.01 0.03 0.07 0.1111.7 0.00 0.05 0.01 0.03 0.07 0.1011.0 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.01 0.02 0.06 0.1111.4 Crude Comp 0.00 0.06 0.01 0.03 0.05 0.067.3 8.8 0.02 0.05
Notifications:— Smallpox Scarlet fever Diphtheria Enteric fever Erysipelas Pneumonia0.00 2.41 1.58 0.03 0.40 1.100.00 2.60 1.85 0.03 0.46 1.280.00 2.58 1.53 0.04 0.39 0.982.05 1.90 0.05 0.46 0.982.33 0.40 0.20 0.71
Deaths under 1 year of age Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of ageRates per 1,000 Live Births
53 5.557 7.851 3.657 13.139 5.0
Maternal Mortality:— Puerperal Sepsis Others Total0.89 ) 2.19 3.08 )Not Available1.01 2.02 3.03
Maternal Mortality:— Puerperal Sepsis Others TotalRates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e., Live and Still)
0.86 2.11 2.97Not Available0.98 1.96 2.95
Notifications:— Puerperal fever Puerperal pyrexia14.4218.0812.513.53 15.469.83