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Coulsdon and Purley 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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| Area (in acres) | 11,142 |
| Registrar-General's estimate of population, mid. 1953 | 64,810 |
| Population, Census 1931 | 37,666 |
| Population, Census 1951 | 63,770 |
| Number of occupied houses, December, 1953 | 18,340 |
| Number of occupied houses, 1931 | 9,533 |
| Number of occupied houses, 1951 | 18,071 |
| Rateable Value, December, 1953 | £798,746 |
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £3,185 |
VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1953.
Birth Rate per 1,000 of the
Total M. F. estimated resident population
Live Births—Legitimate 729 355 374
do. Illegitimate 21 13 8 11.6
Corrected Birth Rate
750 368 382 12.5
Rate per 1,000
(live and still) births.
Still Births—Legitimate 13 9 4
do. Illegitimate 1 1 — 18.3
14 10 4
Crude Death Rate
per 1,000 of the
estimated resident population
Deaths 990 451 539 15.3
Corrected Death Rate
13.3
Rate per 1,000
Deaths from puerperal causes (live and still) births.
Puerperal Sepsis — —
Other Puerperal causes 1 1.31
Total 1 1.31
Death Rates of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 29.3
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births 27.4
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births 95.2
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 155
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 1
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 2
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