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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Medical Officer of Health
1942
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, 1942.
The Report for 1942 is an ordinary report compiled in accordance with
the instructions contained in Circular 2775 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:- £813,222
Sum represented by a penny rate:- £2918
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year 1942. (Registrar-General's Figures)
Live Births | Total. | M. | F. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Legitimate | 659 | 370 | 289 | ||
Illegitimate | 56 | 22 | 34 | ||
Total | 715 | 392 | 323 | ||
Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident | 15.46 | ||||
Stillbirths | Total. | M. | F. | ||
Legitimate | 20 | 6 | 14 | ||
Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 22 | 15 | |||
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 29.85 | ||||
Total. | M. | F. | |||
Deaths | 685 | 316 | 369 | ||
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident | 12.44 | ||||
Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List):- | |||||
Rate per 1,000 total Deaths, (live & still) births | |||||
No.29 puerperal & postabortive sepsis | |||||
No.30 Other maternal causes | |||||
Total . |
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