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Coulsdon and Purley 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 11,142
Registrar-General's estimate of population, 1945 53,460
Population, Census 1931 37,666
Number of occupied houses, December, 1945 16,458
Number of occupied houses, 1931 9,533
Rateable Value, December, 1945 £744,393
Sum represented by a penny rate £3,003
| Total. | M. | F. | Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births—Legitimate | 702 | 353 | 349 | ||
| do. Illegitimate | 48 | 24 | 24 | ||
| 750 | 377 | 373 | 14.0 | ||
| Still Births—Legitimate | 16 | 5 | 11 | ||
| do. Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23.4 | |
| 18 | 6 | 12 | |||
| Deaths | 549 | 276 | 273 | 10.2 | |
| Deaths from Puerperal causes | |||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | Nil | ||||
| Other Puerperal causes | Nil | ||||
| Death Rates of Infants under one year of age:— | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 32 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births | 29 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births | 62 | ||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 94 | ||||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | Nil | ||||
| Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) | Nil | ||||
| Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | Nil | ||||