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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
Sutton and Cheam 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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STATISTICS OF THE AREA
| 1945 | 1946 | |
|---|---|---|
| Area in Acres | 4338.15 | 4338.15 |
| Registrar General's Estimate of the Resident Population | 70,250 | 78,770 |
| Number of inhabited houses (end of year) according to the Rate Book | 22,031 | 22.149 |
| Rateable Value and sum represented by a | £884,211 | £888,304 |
| Penny Rate | £3,536 | £3,590 |
EXTRACTS PROM VITAL STATISTICS COMPARATIVE OP THE YEARS 1945 AND 1946
| 1945 | 1946 | England & Wales 1946 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||
| Live Births | 1051 | 539 | 512 | 1390 | 745 | 645 | |
| Legit imate | 967 | 490 | 477 | 1322 | 704 | 618 | |
| Illegitimate | 84 | 49 | 35 | 68 | 41 | 27 | |
| Birth Rate per 1000 of the Estimated Resident Population | 14.9 | . | 17.6 | 19.1 | |||
| Still Births | 23 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 16 | 13 | |
| Legitimate | 20 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 16 | 13 | |
| Illegitimate | 3 | 2 | 1 ! | - | - | ||
| Rate per 1000 total (live and still births) | 21.4 | 20.4 | 26.0 | ||||
| Deaths | 747 | 346 | 401 | 811 | 403 | 408 | |
| Death Rate per 1000 of the Estimated Resident Population | 10.6 | 12.9 | 11.5 | ||||
| Deaths from | |||||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Other Puerperal Causes | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Death rate from Puerperal Causes | 0.93 | 0.70 | 1.24 | ||||
| 1 Deaths of Infants under one year of age | |||||||
| All Infants per 1000 live births | 23.78 | 35.96 | 43.0 | ||||
| I Legitimate Infants per 1 1000 legitimate live births | 23.78 | 36.63 | |||||
| Illegitimate Infants per 1000 illegitimate live births | 23.80 | 29.41 | |||||
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