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Sutton and Cheam 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF
THE AREA.
Area in Acres 433815
Registrar-General's Estimate of the Resident
Population, 1938 75580
Number of inhabited Houses (end of 1938)
according to Rate Books 21606
Rateable Value and sum represented by a £876636
Penny Rate £3511
Social conditions, including the chief industries
carried on in the area, and the influence of any
particular occupation on the public health :—
A great proportion of the residents is engaged in business
in London. The remainder consists chiefly of domestic
servants, tradesmen and their employees, and workers in
factories, garages and laundries. In none of these instances
is the occupation apparently affecting the public health.
LIVE BIRTHS:
| T. | M. | F. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1206 | 614 | 592 | Birth-rate of the resident 15.9. | per 1,000 estimated population, | |
| Legitimate | 1156 | 582 | 574 | |||
| Illegitimate | 50 | 32 | 18 | |||
| STILL BIRTHS: | ||||||
| T. | M. | F. | Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births, 290. | |||
| Total | 36 | 25 | 11 | |||
| Legitimate | 35 | 24 | 11 | |||
| Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | - | |||
| T. | M. | F. | Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 9.1. | |||
| Deaths | 655 | 328 | 327 | |||