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Wimbledon 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Medical Officer of Health
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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 ended 31st December, 1940.
The Report for 1940 is an ordinary report compiled in accordance
with the instructions contained in Circular 2314 of the Ministry of
Health.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres - Census, 1931) 3,221
Population (Census, 1931) 59,524
Resident Population (Estimated Mid-1940 R.G. )
For calculation of birth rates) 49,910
" " " death rates)
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:- £829,430
Sum represented by a penny rate:- £3,456.
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year 1940. (Registrar-General's Figures)
| Infantile Mortality, etc. | Birth Rate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | ||
| Live Births | Legitimate | 552 | 279 | 273 | 585 | 300 | 285 |
| Illegitimate | 24 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 15 | 9 | |
| Total | 576 | 294 | 282 | 609 | 315 | 294 | |
| Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 12.20 | ||||||
| Total | M. | F. | |||||
| Stillbirths | Legitimate | 19 | 6 | 13 | |||
| Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 33.33 | ||||||
| Total | M. | F. | |||||
| Deaths | 828 | 406 | 422 | ||||
| Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 13.92 | |||||||
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