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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
Croydon 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1956
Area, 12,672 acres.
Population (Census 1951), 249,870. Total Population (estimate
of Registrar-General), 249,300 (Midsummer, 1956).
Number of Inhabited Houses: 71,982.
Rateable Value (1st April, 1956): £4, 575, 818.
Product of a Penny Rate (1955-1956): £11,007.
Rate in the £: 13s. 2d. (for year ending 31.3.56).
Live Births:
| M | F | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 1,824 | 1, 625 | 3, 449 |
| Illegitimate | 91 | 64 | 155 |
| 3, 604 |
Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 14.5
(England and Wales 15.6).
Birth-rate (as adjusted by comparability factor, 0.99), 14.4.
Still Births, 74. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births,
20.1.
Deaths, 2,977. Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated population,
11.9. (England and Wales 11.7).
Death-rate (as adjusted by comparability factor, 0.8S), 9.9.
Infant mortality rate, 19 per 1,000 live births. (England and
Wales 24.
Legitimate Infants (63 deaths), 18 per 1,000 live births.
Illegitimate Infants (4 deaths), 26 per 1,000 live births.