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Merton and Morden 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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MATERNAL MORTALITY.
There was one maternal death in the area during the
year under review, giving a maternal mortality rate of 1.13
per thousand births, live and still.
The usual table is reproduced below, giving a comparison
of the maternal death rates of the country as a whole, for the
past 20 years, with those of the Urban District.
TABLE VI.
| Year | Death rate per thousand total births. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepsis | Other causes | Total | ||||
| llerton and Morden | England and Wales | Morton and Morden | England and Wales | Merton and Morden | England and Wales | |
| 1934 | 2.5 | 1.59 | 2.5 | 2.21 | 5.0 | 3.80 |
| 1935 | — | 1.34 | 2.6 | 2.06 | 2.6 | 3.41 |
| 1936 | 24 | 1.18 | — | 2.01 | 2.4 | 3.19 |
| 1937 | 1.2 | 0.79 | 1.2 | 2.01 | 2.4 | 2.79 |
| 1938 | 0.98 | 0.70 | 1.96 | 1.99 | 2.94 | 2.70 |
| 1939 | — | 0.63 | 3.93 | 1.94 | 3.93 | 2.57 |
| 1940 | 1.04 | 0.55 | — | 1.69 | 1.04 | 2.24 |
| 1941 | — | 0.48 | 2.3 | 1.78 | 2.3 | 2.26 |
| 1942 | 0.93 | 0.42 | 1.87 | 1.60 | 2.80 | 2.02 |
| 1943 | 0.85 | 0.39 | — | 1.45 | 0.85 | 1.84 |
| 1944 | — | 0.28 | 0.84 | 1.24 | 0.84 | 1.52 |
| 1945 | — | 0.24 | 0.97 | 1.23 | 0.97 | 1.47 |
| 1946 | — | 0.31 | — | 1.12 | — | 1.43 |
| 1947 | 0.73 | 0.26 | — | 0.92 | 0.73 | 1.18 |
| 1948 | — | 0.24 | — | 0.78 | — | 1.02 |
| 1949 | — | 0.22 | — | 0.76 | — | 0.98 |
| 1950 | — | 0.12 | — | 0.74 | — | 0.86 |
| 1951 | — | 0.19 | 1.13 | 0.60 | 1.13 | 0.79 |
| 1952 | — | 0.16 | — | 0.56 | — | 0.72 |
| 1953 | — | 0.16 | 1.13 | 0.60 | 1.13 | 0.76 |