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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Coulsdon and Purley 1964
[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 1920-1959 together with the actual figures for 1964.
TABLE I
| Rales per 1,000 population. | 1920-1924. | 1925-1929. | 1930-1934. | 1935-1939. | 1940-1944. | 1945-1949. | 1950-1954. | 1955-1959. | 1964 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth rate | 13.5 | 12.9 | 11.6 | 12.8 | 15.2 | 15.2 | 12.0 | 13-9 | 14-8 |
| Percentage illegitimate | 3.4% | 3.7% | 2.8% | 3.4% | 3.9% | 3.4% | 2.7% | 2-6% | 5-2% |
| Stillbirth rate | — | — | — | 0.43 | 0.48 | 0.40 | 0.24 | 0-24 | 018 |
| Death rate | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 11.4 | 9.7 | 12.1 | 13-7 | 11-5 |
| Cancer death rate | 0.96 | 1.15 | 1.35 | 1.19 | 1.70 | 1.75 | 2.02 | 2-11 | 1-9 |
| Tuberculosis death rate (per 100.000 population) | 57 | 36 | 38 | 35 | 48 | 36 | 25 | 14 | 5 |
| Violence including Suicide | 0.44 | 0.35 | 0.32 | 0.46 | 0.82 | 0.37 | 0 46 | 0.56 | 0.54 |
| Maternal mortality rate per 1.000 live and still births | 2.08 | 2.66 | 3.21 | 2.27 | 2.10 | 1.12 | 1 01 | 0.58 | 0.8 |
| Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 re gist ered births) | 28 | 38 | 32 | 38 | 40 | 26 | 17 | 14 | |
| Neo-natal mortality rate | _ | _ | _ | 26 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 12 |
| Estimated population | 21,351 | 28,950 | 41.616 | 53,084 | 49.880 | 60,610 | 64.466 | 67.522 | 75.460 |
BIRTHS
During the year 1964, 1,123 births were registered as occurring
in the District, of which 592 were male and 531 female, compared
with 1,109 in 1963. It will be seen by reference to the preceding
table that this is equal to an annual birth rate of 14.8 per 1.000
population, as compared with 14.9 in 1963.
If this rate is corrected in accordance with the RegistrarGeneral's
assessment of the atypical constitution of the population
it becomes 161 and this is comparable with the birth rate for
England and Wales which was 18.4.
Illegitimacy.— In 1964 of the births registered 59 were illegitimate
(25 males and 34 females), this being 10 more than in the preceding
year.
Stillbirths.— The number of stillbirths registered during 1964
was 14 (5 males and 9 females), this being two more than last year.
The local still-birth rate was 12.3 per thousand live and still births.
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