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Wimbledon 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Medical Officer of Health
1939
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Wimbledon.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit the Annual Report on the work
of the Public Health Department for the year ending 31st December,
1939. The Report for 1939 is an ordinary Report, set out on the
lines suggested in Circular 1961 of the Ministry of Health, as
amended by Circular 2067.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area (in acres - Census, 1931) 3,221
Population (Census, 1931) 59,524
Resident Population (Estimated, Mid-1939 R.G.)
For calculation of birth rates 58,350
" " of death rates 55,990
Number of inhabited houses:-
1921 (Census) 11,926
1931 (Census) 13,325
Number of families or separate occupiers:-
1921 (Census) 13,998
1931 (Census) 15,883
Rateable Value:- £823,985
Sum represented by a penny rate:- £3,244.
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year 1939. (Registrar-General's Figures).
| For Calculation of | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infantile Mortality, etc. | Birth Rate | |||||||
| Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | |||
| Live Births | Legitimate | 586 | 292 | 294 | 608 | 301 | 307 | |
| Illegitimate | 26 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 19 | ||
| Total | 612 | 299 | 313 | 634 | 308 | 326 | ||
| Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 10.86 | |||||||
| Total | M. | F. | ||||||
| Stillbirths | Legitimate | 20 | 12 | 8 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 22 | 13 | 9 | |||||
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 33.53 | |||||||
| Total | M. | F. | ||||||
| Deaths | 656 | 306 | 350 | |||||
| Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 10.53 | |||||||
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