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Coulsdon and Purley 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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VITAL STATISTICS.
The following table gives the average population, birth, death, maternal and other important mortality rates for the quinquennial periods 1915-1944, together with the actual figures for 1947, 1948 and 1949:—
| Rates per 1,000 population. | 1915-1919. | 1920-1924. | 1925-1929. | 1930-1934. | 1935-1939. | 1940-1944. | 1947. | 1948. | 1949. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth rate | 13.9 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 11.6 | 12.8 | 15.2 | 17.0 | 14.6 | 13.0 |
| Percentage illegitimate | 5.7% | 3.4% | 3.7% | 2.8% | 3.4% | 3.9% | 3.1% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Stillbirth rate | — | — | — | — | 0.43 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.25 | 0.33 |
| Death rate | 8.5 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 8.7 | 9.1 |
| Cancer death rate | 1.18 | 0.96 | 1.15 | 1.35 | 1.19 | 1.70 | 1.89 | 1.47 | 1.73 |
| Tuberculosis death rate (per 100,000 population) | 72 | 57 | 36 | 38 | 35 | 48 | 37 | 33 | 38 |
| Violence (including Suicide) | 0.19 | 0.44 | 0.35 | 0.32 | 0.46 | 0.82 | 0.56 | 0.30 | 0.33 |
| Maternal mortality rate (per 1,000 live and still births) | 3.20 | 2.08 | 2.66 | 3.21 | 2.27 | 2.10 | 1.83 | 1.07 | Nil |
| Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 registered births) | 44 | 28 | 38 | 32 | 38 | 40 | 23 | 26 | 25 |
| Neo-natal mortality rate .. | 26 | 28 | 15 | 18 | 14 | ||||
| Estimated population | 19,073 | 21,351 | 28,950 | 41,616 | 53,084 | 49,880 | 62,440 | 62,730 | 64,030 |
BIRTHS.
During the year 1949, 834 births were registered as occurring in
the District, of which 430 were male and 404 were female, compared
with 917 in 1948. It will be seen by reference to the above table that
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This number includes persons resident in Institutions in the Distric
the number of which at the end of 1949 were as follows:—
Cane Hill Hospital 2,402
Netherne Hospital 2,276
Russell Hill School 246
Reedham Orphanage 275
In 1949 there were 17,424 occupied houses, distributed as follows
Coulsdon East 2,692
Coulsdon West 2,972
Purley 2,626
Woodcote 1,656
Sanderstead 4,574
Selsdon and Farleigh 1,712
Kenley 1,192
This suggests an average of 3.68 persons per occupied house in 194
or 3.37 if the institutional population is excluded.