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Wimbledon 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Medical offficer of Health
1941
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Winbledon.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentilmen,
I have the honour to submit the Annual Report on the work of
the Public Health Department for the year endsd 31st December, 1941
The Report for 1941 is. an ordinary report compiled in accordance
with the instructions contained in Circular 2604 of the Ministry of
Health.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
| Area (in acres - Census, 1931) | 3,221 |
| Population (Census, 1931) | 59,524 |
| 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:- £314.700 | |
| Sum represented by a penny-rate:- £3978 | |
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year 1941. (Registrar-General's Figures)
| Infantile Mortality | Birth Rate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | F. | M. | Total | M. | F. | ||
| Live Births | (Legitimate | 449 | 215 | 234 | 518 | 249 | 269 |
| (Illegitimate | 37 | 18 | 19 | 39 | 20 | 19 | |
| (Total | 486 | 233 | 253 | 557 | 269 | 288 | |
| Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 12,82 | |||||||
| Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | ||
| Stillbirths | (Legitimate | 10 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| (Illegitimate | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| (Total | 10 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 6 | |
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 22,80 | ||||||
| Total | M. | F. | |||||
| 617 | 280 | 337 | |||||
| Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident | 11.92. | ||||||
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