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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
Coulsdon and Purley 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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| Area (in acres) | 11,182 |
| Registrar-General's estimate of population, 1936 | 51,460 |
| Population, Census, 1931 | 37,666 |
| Number of occupied houses, December, 1936 | 13,969 |
| Number of occupied houses, 1931 | 9,533 |
| Rateable Value, December, 1936 | £669,284 |
| Sum represented by a penny rate, December, 1936 | £2,604 |
| Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | M. | F. | ||
| Live Births—Legitimate | 622 | 326 | 296 | |
| do. —Illegitimate | 19 | 8 | 11 | 12.5 |
| 641 | 334 | 307 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births. | ||||
| Still Births | 27 | 16 | 11 | 40 |
| Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population. | ||||
| Deaths | 439 | 211 | 228 | 8.5 |
| Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births. | ||||
| Deaths from Puerperal causes:— | ||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 1 | 1.49 | ||
| Other puerperal causes | 1 | 1.49 | ||
| Total | 2 | 2.99 | ||
Death Rates of Infants under one year of age:-
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 33 |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 31 |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 105 |
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 70 |
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | 1 |
| Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) | Nil |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 1 |