Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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SECTION A. — STATISTICS AND
SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres—Census, 1951) | 3,212 |
Population (Census, 1951) | 58.141 |
Home Population (mid-1959) | 57,450 |
Number of occupied dwellings:— | |
1921 (Census) | 11,926 |
1931 (Census) | 13,325 |
1951 (Census) | 16,047 |
Number of private households:— | |
1921 (Census) | 13,998 |
1931 (Census) | 15,883 |
1951 (Census) | 19,185 |
Rateable Value:— £1,283,086. | |
Sum represented by penny rate:— £5,170. |
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year 1959.
(Registrar-General's Figures.)
Total | M. | F. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Live Births | Legitimate | 795 | 408 | 387 | |
Illegitimate | 51 | 29 | 22 | ||
Total | 846 | 437 | 409 | ||
Stillbirths | Total | M. | F. | ||
Legitimate | 14 | 6 | 8 | ||
Illegitimate | 1 | – | 1 | ||
Total | 15 | 6 | 9 | ||
Live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 14.72 | ||||
Corrected live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 14.13 | ||||
Still-birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 17.42 | ||||
Total | M. | F. | |||
Deaths | 752 | 317 | 435 | ||
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 13.09 | ||||
Corrected Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 10.99 | ||||
Deaths from puerperal causes— | |||||
Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | ||||
Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | – | – | |||
Other maternal causes | – | – | |||
Total | – | – | |||
Death Rate of infants under one year of age:— | |||||
All infants per 1,000 live births | 23.64 | ||||
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 22.63 | ||||
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 39.21 | ||||
Deaths from cancer | 150 | ||||
„ „ diphtheria | Nil | ||||
„ „ poliomyelitis | Nil | ||||
measles | Nil | ||||
whooping cough | Nil |