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Wimbledon 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: SECTION A. — STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.

SECTION A. — STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.

Area (in acres—Census, 1931)3,221
Population (Census, 1931)59,515
Population (mid-1948)57,940
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:— £888,770.
Sum represented by a penny rate:— £3,249.

Table: Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year 1948(Registrar-General's Figures.)

Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year 1948

(Registrar-General's Figures.)

TotalM.F.
Live BirthsLegitimate896455441
Illegitimate502327
Total946478468
TotalM.F.
StillbirthsLegitimate1385
Illegitimate22—
Total15105
Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population16.59
Still-birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births15.61
TotalM.F.
Deaths670334336
Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population11.56

Table: Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List): —

Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List): —

Deaths.Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
No. 29 Puerperal and post-abortive sepis——
No. 30 Other maternal causes11.04
Total11.04
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age: —
All Infants per 1,000 live births19.03
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births20.09
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births0.00
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)119
„ „ Measles (all ages)0
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages)1
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)0