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Merton and Morden 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1939. (Registrar General's Figures).
| Population: | ||||
| Mid. 1939 Registrar General's Estimate:— | ||||
| For calculation of Birth Rates | (a) 72,150 | |||
| For calculation of Death Rates or the incidence of Infectious Diseases | (b) 71,220 | |||
| Births : | M. | F. | Total. | |
| Live (Leg.) | 492 | 486 | 978 | |
| (Illeg.) | 13 | 14 | 27 | |
| 505 | 500 | 1,005 | ||
| Birth rate | 13.9 | |||
| Stillbirths | 18 | 12 | 30 | |
| Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 total births | 28.9 | |||
| Deaths : | 270 | 246 | 516 | |
| Death Rate | 7.2 | |||
| Infant Mortality: | ||||
| All deaths under 1 year | 30 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 live births | 30.3 | |||
| Deaths of leg. infants under 1 year | 25 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 leg. births | 26.04 | |||
| Deaths of illeg. infants under 1 year | 5 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 illeg. births | 185 | |||
| Maternal Mortality: | ||||
| Deaths from Sepsis | — | |||
| Deaths from other puerperal causes | 4 | |||
| Maternal death rate | 3.93 | |||
| Zymotic Deaths: | ||||
| Deaths from Measles | — | |||
| Deaths from "Whooping Cough | — | |||
| Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 1 | |||
| 7 Principal Zymotic Diseases | 3 | |||
| Zymotic Death Rate (per 1,000 population | 0.04 | |||
| Deaths from Tuberculosis: | ||||
| All forms | 47 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 population | 0.65 | |||
| Phthisis | 44 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 population | 0.61 | |||
| Deaths from Cancer | 81 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 population | 1.1 | |||