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Coulsdon and Purley 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area (in acres) 11,182
Registrar-General's estimate of population, 1939 55,060-56,400.
Population, Census 1931 37,666.
Number of occupied houses, December, 1939 15,425.
Number of occupied houses, 1931 9,533.
Rateable Value, December, 1939 £738,614.
Sum represented by a penny rate £2,380.
VITAL STATISTICS.
| Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population. | ||||
| Total. | M. | F. | 13.5 | |
| Live Births - Legitimate | 736 | 349 | 387 | |
| -do- Illegitimate | 26 | 11 | 15 | |
| 762 | 360 | 402 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births. | ||||
| Still Births - Legitimate | 23 | 15 | 8 | 31.5 |
| Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population. | ||||
| Deaths | 492 | 247 | 245 | 8.9 Rate per 1,000 (live and Still birhts) |
Deaths from Puerperal causes
Puerperal Sepsis 1 1.31
Other Puerperal causes 1 1.31
Death Rates of Infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 43
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births 39
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births 154
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 86
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 2