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Coulsdon and Purley 1957
[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, mid 1957 67,830
Population, Census 1931 37,666
Population, Census 1951 63,770
Number of occupied houses, December, 1957 20,142
Number of occupied houses, 1931 9,533
Number of occupied houses, 1951 18,071
Rateable Value, December, 1957 £1,292,112
Sum represented by a penny rate £5,346
| Total | M. | F. | Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births—Legitimate | 938 | 476 | 462 | 14.1 | |
| do. Illegitimate | 19 | 12 | 7 | ||
| 957 | 488 | 469 | 15.7 | ||
| Still Births—Legitimate | 17 | 9 | 8 | 18.4 | |
| do. Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| 18 | 10 | 8 | |||
| Deaths | 1,001 | 422 | 579 | 14.8 | |
| Deaths from puerperal causes | |||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | - | - | |||
| Other Puerperal causes | 1 | 1.0 | |||
| Total | 1 | 1.0 | |||
Death Rates of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 16.7
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births 17.0
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births —
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 154
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil.
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil.
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) Nil.
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