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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wimbledon 1960
[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) | |
| Population (Census, 1951) | 58,141 |
| Home Population (mid-1960) | 57,460 |
| Number of occupied dwellings:- | |
| 1921 (Census) | |
| 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:- £1,286,785.
Sum represented by penny rate:- £5,218.
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year I960 (Registrar-General's Figures)
| Total | M. | F. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | (Legitimate | 828 | 430 | 398 |
| (Illegitimate | 57 | 26 | 31 | |
| (Total | 885 | 456 | 429 | |
| Total | M. | F. | ||
| Stillbirths | (Legitimate | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| (Illegitimate | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| (Total | 14 | 8 | 6 | |
| Live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 15.40 | |||
| Corrected live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 14.79 | |||
| Still-birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 15.64 | |||
| Total | M. | F. | ||
| Deaths | 668 | 311 | 357 | |
| Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 11.62 | |||
| Corrected Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home Population | 9.88 | |||
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