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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 1945

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

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

CANCER DEATH RATE.

No. of deaths from Cancer for past 10 years.

193674194185
1937931942103
1938891943116
1939911944107
194076194516
Year.Death Rate per 1,000 population.Year.Death Rate per 1,000 population.
19363.219411.3
19371.419421.5
19381.219431.7
19391.119441.7
19401.219451.7

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

TABLE III.

Deaths from Respiratory Diseases,1925-45.

YearBronchitisPneumoniaOther Respiratory DiseasesTotalDeath Rate
19256161231.2
1926685190.9
192710115261.2
19288142240.9
192911204851.2
19802108150.4
19318244860.8
193211278410.8
198312826500.9
19847884490.8
19859226870.6
19862852890.6
198714816510.8
198815277490.7
19896209840.4
1940384015931.8
194130306660.9
194291220410.62
194825869701.05
194426297620.98
1945862212701.05