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

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RAINFALL, 1945.

JOSEPH HOOD RECREATION GROUND				WEST BARNES PUMPING STATION
Month	Indies	Days with O.lin. or more	Days with 0.4in. or more	Inches	Days with O.lin.or more	Days with 0.4in. or more

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The appended table sets out the comparison for the past five years of the local infant mortality rate with that for England and Wales. It will be seen that the local rate is consistently very considerably below that for the whole country; in the last two years approximately half.

	England and Wales.	Merton and Morden.

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

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TABLE I. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS, 1945. (Registrar General's Figures with Corresponding Figures for Merton and Morden added).

	England and Wales.	126 County Boro's and Great Towns including London.	148 Smaller Towne (Residential Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census).	London Adminis- tive County.	Merton and Morden.

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TABLE II. Showing- Births and Deaths with Rates since the Amalgamation of Merton with Morden.

Year.	Estimated population.	Total Births.	Birth Rate	Total Deaths.	Death Rate.	Natural Increase

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aggregate. The appended tables shows an analysis of the numbers in the various age groups allocated to Heart Disease:—

Age Group	No. of Deaths	Age Group	No. of Deaths

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CANCER DEATH RATE. No. of deaths from Cancer for past 10 years.

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TABLE III. Deaths from Respiratory Diseases, 1925-45.

Year	Bronchitis	Pneumonia	Other Respiratory Diseases	Total	Death Rate

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TABLE IV. Causes of Death during the Year 1945.

No.	Cause of Death.	Males	Females	Total

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TABLE V. Maternal Mortality, 1925-45.

Year	Death rate per thousand total births.
Year	Sepsis	Other causes	Total

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Infant Deaths—With causes of death.

Sex	Age	Cause of Death

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Sex	Age	Cause of Death

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Of this 13 four were born at home and admitted to hospital after birth.

Place of Birth	Period of Survival	Birth Weight	Place of Birth	Period of Survival	Birth Weight

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figures relating to cases and visits in this district during the year are as follows:—

	Cases.	Visits.

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Laboratory Facilities. The routine laboratory work for district is undertaken by the Nelson Hospital. The appended Table shows the pathological work undertaken during the year:—

Examinations.	No. performed.	Positive result.

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AMBULANCE CALLS.

Month	Calls received from Public	Calls received from neighbouring Brigades	Total Calls Received	Calls transferred to other Brigades	Calls answered by Own Ambulance

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CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES. 1.—Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics (provided by the Council).

Centre	Clinic	Times of Clinics

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2.—School Clinics (provided by the Surrey Education Committee).

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Table VI. Cases admitted to the Wandle Valley Isolation Hospital during the Year 1945.

Disease.	Cases	Deaths

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The births notified under Section 203 as adjusted by transferred notification were:—

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TABLE VII. Attendances at Ante-Natal Clinics.

Centre	No. on Register	Attendances		Sessions	Average per Session
Centre	No. on Register	Primary	Total	Sessions	Average per Session

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TABLE VIII. Attendances at Infants' Consultation Clinics.

Centre	No. on Register	Attendances		Sessions	Average Attendance per Session
Centre	No. on Register	*Primary	Total	Sessions	Average Attendance per Session

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TABLE IX. Attendances at all Centres over last 10 years.

Year	No. of Infants attending daring year	No. of women attending Maternity Clinics	ATTENDANCES			Grand Total
			Infants		Maternity
			Primary under 1 yr.	Total	Maternity

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TABLE X. Number of Children under One Year and Expectant Mothers attending the Centres in relation to the Registered Births.

Year	Registered births	Infants under 1 year		Mothers who attended either Ante-Natally or Post-Natally.
Year	Registered births	Primary attendances	Percentage of registered births	Number attended	Percentage of registered births

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The number of visits made for various purposes was as shown below:—

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The following table shows the use of the maternity accommodation in the district in the year under review:—

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The number of Home Helps provided to residents of the district during the year were as follows :—

Service	Full Cost	Partial Cost	Free of Cost	Total

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TABLE XI. Attendances at Dental Clinics during 1945.

Cases referred from—	Number who attended during year	Number of Attendances made

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TABLE XII. Dental Scheme 1945—Operations Performed.

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The following figures indicate the work undertaken during the year by the Council's midwife:—

Cases conducted:	Primip.	Multip.	Total

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Visits made:

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Medical Aid Forms sent:—9 Reasons for sending:—

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The salvage tonnage for the year under review was as follows:—

	Tons		Tons

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Unsound Food. The undermentioned articles of food were found, upon inspection, to be unfit for human consumption; were surrendered and either destroyed or disposed of for animal feeding or salvage:—

Description.	Cause.

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Description.	Cause.

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Several of the pig clubs in the surrounding districts take advantage of this arrangement and use the registered slaughter-house attached to the Trafalgar Pig Club at 129 High Street, Merton.

Carcases Inspected.	Cattle	Cows	Calves	Sheep	Pigs

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Food and Drugs Act, 1938. The following table shows the number and nature of the samples submitted to the Public Analyst:—

Article.	Total Samples.	Genuine.	Not Genuine.	Action taken.

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Article.	Total Samples.	Genuine.	Not Genuine.	Action taken.

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Results of Analyses of New Milk Samples. Solids not fat (legal standard is 8.5%).

8 5	8 6	8.7	8.8	8.9	9.0	9.1	9 2	Total

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Milk fat (legal standard 3.0%).

3.1	3.2	3.3	3 4	3 5	3.6	3 7	3 8	3 9	4 0	4 1	4.2	4 4	Total

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TABLE XIII Scarlet Fever—Monthly Distribution.

	Wards.									Total.
	Abbey.	Bushey Mead.	Central.	Morden.	Park.	Ravensbury.	Ray nee Park.	St. Helier.	West Barnes.

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The incidence in the various wards was as follows:—

Wards.	Cases.	Incidence per 1,000 population.

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TABLE XIV. Persons Immunised at Clinics during-945.

Wards.	Age Groups.				Total.
	0—5 yrs.		5—15 yrs.		Completed Primary.	Single Boosting Injections.
	Completed Primary	Single Boosting Infectious.	Completed Primary.	Single Boosting Injections.	Completed Primary.	Single Boosting Injections.

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TABLE XV. Persons Immunised by Private Practitioners.

Wards.	Age Groups.				Total.
	0—5 yrs.		5—15 yrs.		Completed Primary.	Single Boosting Injections.
	Completed Primary.	Single Boosting Injections.	Completed Primary.	Single Boosting Injections.	Completed Primary.	Single Boosting Injections.

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TABLE XVI. Children Immunised in Schools.

School.	Incomplete.	Completed Primary.	Single Boosting Injections.

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TABLE XVII. Children Immunised in Day Nurseries.

nursery	Complete

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The number immunised since the inauguration of the Public Clinics in 1934 is as follows:—

	At Clinics.	By Doctors.	In Schools.	At Day Nurseries.	Total.

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TABLE XVIII. Incidence and Fatality of Diphtheria, 1920-1945.

Year.	Population.	No. of cases.	Incidence rate per 1,000 population.	No. of deaths.	Percentage of deaths to cases.

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Age Distribution of Immunised Children.

Age at 31.12.45 i.e., born in year	Under 1 1945	1 1944	2 1943	3 1942	4 1941	5 to 9 1936—1940	10 to 14 1931-1935	Total Immunised	Estimated Populatien 0-5	Estimated Population 5—15	Total Population up to 15

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These additions were:—

	Males	Females	Total

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TABLE XIX . Tuberculosis Register at 31st December, 1945.

Wards.	Registered at 81st December, 1945,		Total.	Number on Register at mid-year
Wards.	Pulmonary.	Nou-Pulmonary.	Total.	Number on Register at mid-year

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TABLE XX. Deaths due to Tuberculosis, 1945.

Ages Yeans	Pulmonary		\| Non-Pulmonary		Totals
Ages Yeans	Males	Females	Males	Females	Totals

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TABLE XXI. TUBERCULOSIS—New Cases, Age and Sex, Distribution and Manner of Admission to Register.

Age Groups. Years.	Primary Notifications ("A").				Cases transferred from other districts.				Cases brought to notice otherwise than by notification and transfer.				Total new oases.
	Pulmonary.		Non-Pulmonary.		Pulmonary.		Non-Pulmooary.		Pulmonary.		Non-Pulmonary.
	M	P	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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TABLE XXII. DAY NURSERIES—Average Daily Attendances, 1945.

Nursery	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	April	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.

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RAINFALL, 1945.

The appended table sets out the comparison for the past five years of the local infant mortality rate with that for England and Wales. It will be seen that the local rate is consistently very considerably below that for the whole country; in the last two years approximately half.

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

TABLE I. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS, 1945. (Registrar General's Figures with Corresponding Figures for Merton and Morden added).

TABLE II. Showing- Births and Deaths with Rates since the Amalgamation of Merton with Morden.

aggregate. The appended tables shows an analysis of the numbers in the various age groups allocated to Heart Disease:—

CANCER DEATH RATE. No. of deaths from Cancer for past 10 years.

TABLE III. Deaths from Respiratory Diseases, 1925-45.

TABLE IV. Causes of Death during the Year 1945.

TABLE V. Maternal Mortality, 1925-45.

Infant Deaths—With causes of death.

Continued from previous page...

Of this 13 four were born at home and admitted to hospital after birth.

figures relating to cases and visits in this district during the year are as follows:—

Laboratory Facilities. The routine laboratory work for district is undertaken by the Nelson Hospital. The appended Table shows the pathological work undertaken during the year:—

AMBULANCE CALLS.

CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES. 1.—Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics (provided by the Council).

2.—School Clinics (provided by the Surrey Education Committee).

Table VI. Cases admitted to the Wandle Valley Isolation Hospital during the Year 1945.

The births notified under Section 203 as adjusted by transferred notification were:—

TABLE VII. Attendances at Ante-Natal Clinics.

TABLE VIII. Attendances at Infants' Consultation Clinics.

TABLE IX. Attendances at all Centres over last 10 years.

TABLE X. Number of Children under One Year and Expectant Mothers attending the Centres in relation to the Registered Births.

The number of visits made for various purposes was as shown below:—

The following table shows the use of the maternity accommodation in the district in the year under review:—

The number of Home Helps provided to residents of the district during the year were as follows :—

TABLE XI. Attendances at Dental Clinics during 1945.

TABLE XII. Dental Scheme 1945—Operations Performed.

The following figures indicate the work undertaken during the year by the Council's midwife:—

Visits made:

Medical Aid Forms sent:—9 Reasons for sending:—

The salvage tonnage for the year under review was as follows:—

Unsound Food. The undermentioned articles of food were found, upon inspection, to be unfit for human consumption; were surrendered and either destroyed or disposed of for animal feeding or salvage:—

Continued from previous page...

Several of the pig clubs in the surrounding districts take advantage of this arrangement and use the registered slaughter-house attached to the Trafalgar Pig Club at 129 High Street, Merton.

Food and Drugs Act, 1938. The following table shows the number and nature of the samples submitted to the Public Analyst:—

Continued from previous page...

Results of Analyses of New Milk Samples. Solids not fat (legal standard is 8.5%).

Milk fat (legal standard 3.0%).

TABLE XIII Scarlet Fever—Monthly Distribution.

The incidence in the various wards was as follows:—

TABLE XIV. Persons Immunised at Clinics during-945.

TABLE XV. Persons Immunised by Private Practitioners.

TABLE XVI. Children Immunised in Schools.

TABLE XVII. Children Immunised in Day Nurseries.

The number immunised since the inauguration of the Public Clinics in 1934 is as follows:—

TABLE XVIII. Incidence and Fatality of Diphtheria, 1920-1945.

Age Distribution of Immunised Children.

These additions were:—

TABLE XIX . Tuberculosis Register at 31st December, 1945.

TABLE XX. Deaths due to Tuberculosis, 1945.

TABLE XXI. TUBERCULOSIS—New Cases, Age and Sex, Distribution and Manner of Admission to Register.

TABLE XXII. DAY NURSERIES—Average Daily Attendances, 1945.