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Merton Urban District Council.
HEALTH REPORT FOR 1909.
TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE
MERTON URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour of submitting, for the year 1909, my
second Annual Report, the second issued since Merton became
an Urban District.
The Death Rate for the year was 7 per thousand. This
compared favourably with the average of 106 for the ten years
ended 1908. The lowest in this decade was in 1908, when it was
7*9, whilst the highest equalled 13.7 in 1901.
The reduction of the death rate in England and Wales was
from 14.7 in 1908 to 14.5 in 1909, which is the lowest rate on
record. Compared with the average for the ten years 1899.1908,
there was a saving of l.6 lives per thousand in 1909.
For Merton the Infant Mortality was again low, being
50 per thousand registered number of births. The average for
the ten years ended 1908 was 94; the lowest recorded in this
period was in 1908 at 48, and the highest in 1902 at 136 per
thousand.
For England and Wales the mortality of infants under one
year was 109, which was 11 per thousand below the rate of 1908,
thus creating another record. Compared with the average in the
ten years 1899.1908, the infantile mortality showed a drop of
29 per 1,000.