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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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| England and Wales | Merton and Morden | |
|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Home Population | ||
| Live | 18.0 | 12.8 |
| Still | 0.33 | 0.16 |
| 18.1* | 12.5* | |
| All causes | 11.9 | 11.8 |
| Coronary Disease, angina | 2.20 | 2.97 |
| Malignant neoplasm—lung, bronchus | 0.51 | 0.79 |
| Pneumonia | 0.68 | 0.57 |
| Influenza | 0.07 | 0.04 |
| Tuberculosis—all forms | 0.07 | 0.03 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | — |
| Maternal Mortality | 0.35 | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 0.00 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | — |
| Measles | 3.95 | 3.81 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.32 | 0.62 |
| Tuberculosis— Respiratory | 0.38 | 0.42 |
| Non-respiratory | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 0.26 | 0.26 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.17 | 0.23 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 8.02* | 7.9* |
| Erysipelas | 0.03 | 0.04 |
| Dysentery | 0.66 | 0.04 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.04 | |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | — |
| Acute Encephalitis— | ||
| Infective | 0.00 | — |
| Post-infective | 0.00 | — |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.01 | — |
| Para-typhoid Fever | 0.00 | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis— | ||
| Paralytic | 0.00 | — |
| Non-paralytic | 0.00 | |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births | ||
| Infant Deaths (all causes under 1 year) | 21.6 | |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | 06 | - |
* Per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
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